World History H1- Ancient Greece Study Guide- Catsos

Test Format: The test will contain identification questions, multiple choice questions, a map, primary source quote analysis, short answer questions, and a long paragraph essay.

Terms (Be able to define and explain importance):

Polis

Acropolis

Monarchy

Aristocracy

Oligarchy

Phalanx

Helot

Democracy

Tyrant

Legislature

Alliance

Direct Democracy

Stipend

Jury

Ostracism

Logic

Rhetoric

Tragedy

Comedy

Assassination

Assimilate

Heliocentric

People (Be able to identify major contributions/importance):

Homer

Darius I

Pericles

Socrates

Aristotle

Plato

Sophocles

Herodotus

Thucydides

Philip of Macedonia

Alexander the Great

Pythagoras

Euclid

Archimedes

Hippocrates

Places (be able to identify on a map and explain importance):

Greece

Crete

Persia

Mediterranean Sea

Aegean Sea

Athens

Sparta

Alexandria (in Egypt)

Possible essay topics:

Differences between Athens and Sparta

Different types of government

Alexander’s spread of Greek culture

Influence of geography on Greek culture

Impact of the Persian Wars and Peloponnesian Wars

How Greece has influenced the world today

Greek philosophy

Greek art and architecture

Greek gods and mythology