NAME: PERIOD: A K S 3 1 ANCIENT GREECE STUDY GUIDE DIRECTIONS: Use the AKS 31 Ancient Greece Reading Guide to complete this study guide. A K S 3 1 T H E C L A S S I C A L E R A A N C I E N T G R E E C E AKS 31: Examine the political, philosophical, and cultural interaction of Classical Mediterranean societies from 700 BCE/BC to 400 CE/AD. QUESTION 1 Who ruled the Greek kingdoms around 700BC? 2 Who supported the king during this time of war? ANSWER 3 Who were the hoplites? 4 5 6 7 8 Who was becoming unhappy with the power of the kings? How did those who were unhappy with the kings get the support of the people? What was a tyrant? TRUE or FALSE: Tyrants were cruel and harsh in Ancient Greece. What did the tyrants do for the people once they were in power? 9 Ultimately, were the tyrants successful? 10 A Greek city-state was known as what? 11 Define polis: 12 Why did each polis have their own form of government? 13 What did they call their outdoor marketplace? What was the highest point in each polis known as? 14 What did they do there? 15 Where is the most well-known acropolis? 16 Why did the Greeks have to establish colonies? 17 What did these colonies spread?
18 19 20 21 22 How did the rich families often gain political power in an aristocracy? What caused the new class of wealthy merchants and artisans to emerge? Where did the idea of a representative government begin to take root? How did the Athenians avoid major political upheavals? What type of government did the Athenian reformers start to move towards? 23 Which government was ruled by a king? 24 Which government was ruled by the nobility? 25 Which government was ruled by a small group of citizens? 26 Which government was ruled by its citizens? 27 How did Draco deal with criminals? 28 29 What was debt slavery? Who stated that no citizen should own another citizen? 30 What did Solon outlaw? 31 How did Solon organize the citizens? 32 Who could hold political office? 33 Who could participate in the Assembly? 34 How did Cleisthenes organize the citizens? 35 Who was allowed to submit laws? 36 Explain citizenship in Athens: 37 Who led Athens during its Golden Age? 38 What were the three goals of Pericles? 39 How did Pericles strengthen democracy?
40 Define direct democracy: 41 In Athens, who received a formal education? 42 Athenian boys were prepared to be good citizens through their studies of what subjects? 43 44 TRUE or FALSE: Athenian boys were trained in logic and public speaking. Athenian girls did not attend school, instead they were taught by their mothers where they learned what skills? 45 Instead of building a democracy, the Spartans built what? What event made the Spartans completely dedicate themselves to building the best military in Greece? 46 (Hint: Answer should include the terms Messenia and Helots) Draw a social pyramid that illustrates the Spartan Society. 47 48 49 50 From 600 until 371 BC, who had the most powerful army in Greece? Did the Spartans value the arts, literature and other artistic pursuits? What did the Spartans value over freedom, individuality, beauty, and learning? 51 52 Spartan men had to serve in the army until they were what age? FILL IN THE BLANKS: Boys left home at the age of to move into the army barracks. They stayed until they were years old.
53 Explain the conditions of the army barracks. 54 55 What did this rough training environment produce? Were Spartan girls treated the same as Athenian girls? Name at least 2 ways that Spartan girls lives were different from Athenian girls: 56 57 What were Spartan girls taught to put above all else, even their families? 58 Greek lovers of wisdom were known as what? 59 60 61 Who was the Athenian philosopher who encouraged Greeks to questions the world around them? What is the name of his method of questioning students until they second guessed their own beliefs?? Why was Socrates put on trial? Why did he say that his teachers were good for Athens? 62 63 What was the verdict of his trial? 64 How did Socrates die? 65 Who was the student of Socrates? 66 What was the name of his book? 67 What did Plato compare in his cave allegory? 68 69 His idea of a perfect government was one lead by who? What was the name of the school that Plato opened in Athens? 70 Who was Aristotle s teacher?
71 72 What is the name of the school that Aristotle opened? Name 3 of the areas that Aristotle studied: 73 74 The work done by Aristotle has provided the basis for what method that is still used today? Aristotle was the tutor of which Macedonian prince? 75 Where was Macedonia located? 76 How did the Macedonian nobles think of themselves? 77 How did the Greeks think of the Macedonians? 78 Why did they look down on the Macedonians? 79 80 81 Who was the king of Macedonia who proved himself as a brilliant general and a ruthless politician? What military formation did he use to defeat the Greeks? Once King Philip II was killed, who took the throne? 82 Who was the teacher of Alexander? 83 Two years after taking the throne, who did Alexander set out to conquer with the help of the Greeks? 84 How old was Alexander when he died? 85 86 Who fought over the empire when Alexander died? Define Hellenistic Culture: 87 88 89 90 What were the traditional stories about their gods and goddesses called? Why did the Greeks construct monumental architecture like the Parthenon in Athens? Were the Greeks MONOTHEISTIC or POLYTHEISTIC? What is your favorite thing about the Greeks?