Greece Study Guide Answer Key

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ATHENS Black Sea

Ionian
Sea

SPARTA Crete

Mediterranean Sea

Red
AFRICA Sea
high mountains & water

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to grow food

ships used to carry goods to trade with other city-states

no compasses or charts, no lighthouses, had to use the stars to guide them


MONARCHY OLIGARCHY
ruling power is in the ruling power is in the hands
hands of the king, rulers of a few wealthy people
inherit power from family

TYRANNY DEMOCRACY
ruling power is in all citizens share ruling power
the hands of one
person who is not a
lawful king,
tyrants took control
and ruled by force
• democracy • oligarchy
• only free men were citizens • Important decisions were made by
• Council of 500 the “Council of Elders” (2 kings and
• Assembly of at least 6,000 to vote 28 “elected” noble men)
on laws proposed by Council • Assembly had little power

• based on trade • based on farming and conquering


• “agora” – huge marketplace where other people
goods were bought and sold • discouraged trade
• developed its own coins • used heavy, iron bars as money

• purpose of education was to


• purpose was to produce men &
produce good citizens
women to protect the city-state
• sharp mind & healthy body
• valued discipline & strength
• formal education was primarily
• focus was on being a brave soldier
just for boys

• not considered citizens • women had many rights & were


• far fewer rights than men expected to be strong like men
• women managed the household • slaves (helots) outnumbered the
• slaves: tutors, craftsmen, farmers, citizens, treated harshly but had
factory workers, silver miners some rights
Ionian

Darius
people from a rich,
Greek settlement in Ionia who were conquered

Thermopylae Marathon
Xerxes
it was a sign they accepted his rule
Athenian Navy
Spartans drew the Persians into a valley and attacked
from the sides

Salamis Plataea

narrow channels between islands The Athenians and the Spartans


fought together to preserve independence and
300 keep Persia from conquering all of Europe
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houses were small & uncomfortable while public spaces were

nice and large, public spaces were a source of pride for the citizens

Demeter
Ares Athena
Goddess of
Agriculture

Apollo Artemis Hestia


Goddess
of the
Hearth

Poseidon
Hephaestus Aphrodite God
of the
Sea

Hermes
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Greek sculptors created lifelike statues that were influenced by Egyptian styles

statues were painted with colors & metalworkers attached bronze pieces that went with the statue

Phidias was a famous Greek sculptor who was known for revealing true images of the gods
Dionysus theater wine

so men could play female characters

the masks showed the audience the character’s emotions

love wisdom

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crowns of gods and goddesses
ANSWERS laurel leaves (specifically – Zeus)
and pots
WILL filled with
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carrying of the
Olympic torch to ANSWERS
the opening
ceremony
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• our alphabet grew • the United States is • Hippocrates • ancient medical
out of the one used a democracy believed that students discovered
by the Greeks • U.S. citizens can diseases had the heart pumped
• punctuation and serve on juries natural causes, not blood & the brain
grammar are punishments from was the center of
based on Greek the gods the nervous system
writing • modern-day • modern-day med
• connections in doctors now take students continue
literature the “Hippocratic to study the human
Oath” body

• Pythagoras was • Aristarchus • ancient Greeks • the way we classify


fascinated by suggested the Earth developed latitude animals and plants
geometry moved around the and longitude is related to the
• we now use the sun • we still use these way a philosopher
Pythagorean • Hipparchus studied measurements on named Aristotle did
Theorem with right distances from modern-day maps in ancient Greece
triangles Earth to stars/sun
• modern-day
scientists can now
predict eclipses of
the moon
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