Ancient Greece and Western Colonies Exam Map Locations

Vocabulary practice flashcards covering all geographical locations, poleis, sanctuaries, and map sections from Exam 2.

Ancient Greece Map

The outline map showing the Greek mainland, the Peloponnese, the Aegean islands, Crete, and the western coast of Asia Minor for exam location identification.

Italy Map

The full outline map showing the Italian peninsula, Sardinia, and Sicily used for matching Western Mediterranean historical sites.

Southern Italy and Sicily Map

The regional outline map focusing on southern Italy and Sicily used to identify Western Greek colonial locations such as Pithecusae, Tarentum, Syracuse, and Megara Hyblaea.

Athens

A prominent Greek city-state situated in the region of Attica on the Greek mainland.

Sparta

A leading Greek city-state located in the region of Laconia in the southern Peloponnese.

Olympia

A major Panhellenic religious sanctuary and site of the ancient Olympic Games, situated in Elis in the western Peloponnese.

Delphi

A Panhellenic sanctuary and seat of the Pythian oracle of Apollo, located on Mount Parnassus in central Greece north of the Gulf of Corinth.

Thermor

A sanctuary site located in Aetolia in west-central Greece (also referred to as Thermon), identified on the Ancient Greece exam map.

Corinth

A major coastal city-state situated on the narrow isthmus that connects mainland Greece with the Peloponnese.

Isthmia

A Panhellenic sanctuary dedicated to Poseidon and host of the Isthmian Games, located on the Isthmus of Corinth east of Corinth.

Nemea

A Panhellenic sanctuary and venue for the Nemean Games, situated in the northeastern Peloponnese between Corinth and Argos.

Sicyon

An ancient Greek polis situated on the northern coast of the Peloponnese, northwest of Corinth.

Marathon

A coastal settlement and plain in northeastern Attica, renowned as the location of the 490 BCE battle against the Persians.

Messenia

A southwestern region of the Peloponnese located west of Sparta and the Taygetus mountain range.

Thera

A volcanic island situated in the southern Cyclades group within the southern Aegean Sea (modern-day Santorini).

Halicarnassus

An ancient Greek coastal city located in Caria on the southwestern coast of Asia Minor (modern-day Bodrum, Turkey).

Thasos

An island situated in the northern Aegean Sea off the coast of Thrace.

Stryme

An ancient Greek coastal colony and settlement situated in Thrace along the northern Aegean shoreline.

Pithecusae

An early Greek colonial settlement founded on the island of Ischia in the Bay of Naples, off the western coast of Italy.

Tarentum

A Spartan-founded Greek colony located in southern Italy (Magna Graecia) along the Gulf of Taranto.

Syracuse

A major Greek colony established by Corinth, located on the southeastern coast of Sicily.

Megara Hyblaea

An ancient Greek colony founded by Megara, situated on the eastern coast of Sicily north of Syracuse.

Section 2 Exam Format

A map-matching exercise requiring students to match ten specified locations with corresponding letters on the provided maps, worth a total of 10 points (1 point each).