Greece quiz
Name: Ahmed Date:1/19/25
Global History I 2025
Ms. Feuerstein
Study Guide for Greece Quiz
Dates:
The Trial of Socrates
(399 BC)
The Classical Period of Ancient Greece
(480-323 BC)
The beginning of the Persian Wars
(499-449 BC)
The Beginning of the Peloponnesian War
(431-404)
Map:
Make sure you can identify Greece on a map of Europe
Make sure you can identify Where Athens and Sparta are on a map
Structure:
10 multiple choice questions
1 map question
2 short answer questions (3-4 sentences)
2 quotation identifications (3-4 sentences)
50 points; 30 minutes (45 for those with extra time)
Key Terms and Concepts:
Hoplite: Heavily armed civilian soldier
Helots:Enslaved people who performed labor for the spartans
Melos:The Island where men were killed and woman enslaved by the Athenians because they wanted to stay neutral in the peloponnesian war.
Melian Dialogue: Was written by Thucydies was a dramatization of the real accounts of what had happened.
Pericles’ Funeral Oration: This was the speech of pericles that uplifted the hopes of Athenians after their first dead soldiers were buried recorded by Thucydies.
Solon: The first innovative law maker that set the ground for Democracy.
Cleisthenes: The father of Athenian democracy
lottery/sortition: A government where the Jurors are picked at random.
Council of 500 (Boule): 500 men picked at random who were responsible for the administration of the city.
Assembly (Ecclesia):Citizens responsible on voting on agenda set by the Boule and governing decisions:
Ostracis: Ostracis: When a citizen is expelled as a punishment from the jurors for ten years.
Plato’s Apology: A defense against the charges towards Socrates.
The Allegory of the Cave is a book by Plato that tells people that this reality isn’t the truth but a mere illustration of the truth.
Virtue: A character trait that is only acquired through practice and control
polis/poleis: City state in ancient Grecce
Agoge:A traditional mandatory military traning in sparta for boys to build them as soilders loyal to sparta.
Justice
Morality
Acropolis: Religious center
Aristocracy
direct democracy - the people directly vote/decide on laws, elected officials, etc.
limited democracy - the people vote for a representative who then votes for them .
jury trials -
Socrates -
Plato
Theory of Forms
Visible/Sensible World
World of Forms (Intelligible World)
Rationalism
Empiricism
Aristotle
Tyrant
Sparta
Spartan
Athens
Oligarchy
Citizen
Themes for short answer questions
Describe the political and physical landscape of ancient Greece as a whole, and Sparta specifically.
How was Sparta society organized, and why?
What was the life of teenage Spartan boys like?
How did Spartan women live?
How did Solon and Cleisthenes move Athens on the road to democracy?
How democratic was the Athenian government? Give reasons both for and against.
How did citizens play a more active role in the Athenian government than US citizens usually do today?
What are some differences between Athenian democracy and US democracy? Similarities?
What type of government did Sparta have? How did the Athenian government change over time? What are some key differences between monarchy, oligarchy, and democracy? (go over the chart from the slides)
"The strong do what they can, and the weak do what they must." What is the context of this quote from the famous Melian Dialogue, written by Thucydides?
How do you distinguish the Athenian sense of justice from the Melian sense of justice in this particular dialogue?
What does the Melian dialogue teach us about the relationship between justice and morality, in your opinion?
How does the Melian dialogue approach the idea/theme of hope? Do you find the Athenian take on hope compelling? Why or why not?
According to Pericles, what makes Athens so great?
According to Pericles, Why do citizens obey laws? Are they forced to?
Potential question about Plato’s Allegory of the Cave and Apology – make sure you understand the basic ideas in these texts
What is the difference between rationalism and empiricism?