Greco Persian war Test

Balkan Peninsula, Anatolian Peninsula, Asia Minor, Mycenaeans, Minoans, Dorians, Trojan War, Homer and his Epics, Greek Mythology and its role, Solon, Draco, Cleisthenes, Polis, Acropolis, Monarchy, Aristocracy, Oligarchy, Democracy, Helots, Phalanx, Hoplites, Oracle,  Persian Wars, Thermopylae, Salamis, Marathon, Xerxes, Delian League, Pericles, Peloponnesian League, Peloponnesian War, Tragedy, Comedy, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Sophocles, Dionysus, The Parthenon,Thucydides, Pythagorus, Euclid, Xenophon, Euripedes, Aristophanes, Herodotus, Pythagorus, Macedonia, Philip II, Darius III, Hippocrates, Hellenistic, Alexandria, Euclid, Archimedes, , Colossus of Rhodes, Granicus River, Issus, Tyre, Gaugamela, Aristarchus, Eratosthenes, Epicurus, Epicureanism, Stoicism, Hydaspes, 

Focus Questions:

1. What aspects of democratic government were introduced during the golden age of Athens?

2. Identify ways the geography and climate shaped Greek life.

3. Assess the relative importance of Mycenaean, Minoan and Dorian culture on early Greek development.

4. Why did the Ancient Greeks create their myths?

5. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the city-states as a form of government?

6. Compare and contrast the city-states of Athens and Sparta. How would you compare the ideals of Spartan and Athenian societies?

7. How is Athenian democracy different from United States democracy?

8. What was the role of women in Sparta?  Athens?

9. How did the Persian Wars affect the Greek people, especially the Athenians?

10. How does an aristocracy differ from an oligarchy?

11. How did paying public officials strengthen Athenian democracy?

12. Who held the advantage in the Peloponnesian War?

13. What were the key features of Athenian democracy?

14. What were the causes and effects of the Peloponnesian War?

15. Assess the degree to which Pericles was a great ruler of Athens.

16. Which achievements of classical Greece have been the most enduring?

17. Why might U.S. architects adopt the classical style of architecture for use in public buildings?

18. What were some characteristics of Greek architecture and art?

19. Do you agree with Socrates that there are absolute standards for truth and justice?  Why or Why not?

20. What was the military consequence of the lack of unity among Greek city states following the decline after the Peloponnesian War?

21. Why might the Egyptians view Alexander as a liberator?

22. Why did Alexander’s generals fail to create democratic states in their newly established empire?

23. Which Hellenistic achievement had the greatest impact?

24. Explain how Egyptian, Persian, Greek and Indian cultures contributed to Hellenistic culture.

25. What were some of the attractions of Alexandria?  Why was it important to the spread and preservation of Hellenistic culture?

26. How did society change in the Hellenistic age?

27. What were some of the main achievements of scientists of the Hellenistic period? Which one was most important and why.

28. Which philosophy, Stoicism or Epicureanism, seems more reasonable to you?

29. Why did Hellenistic artists focus on realism?

30. Describe how the growth of Alexander’s empire spread Greek culture.

31. How was the purpose served by architecture and sculpture in the Hellenistic period similar to the purpose served by these arts in the golden age of Athens?

32. Compare and contrast Pericles and Alexander the Great.  What are the characteristics needed for a leader to build an empire?

33. Why might the modern world be interested in the history, culture and civilizations of ancient Greece?

You will have 35-40 multiple choice questions as well.  

Short Answer questions that could appear on the test.  You must answer TWO of these questions.  You will answer ONE from Part A and ONE from Part B.

• Rank the top THREE achievements of both the Golden Age of Greece and the Hellenistic Empire and justify your ranking.

• Compare and contrast the ruling styles of Pericles and Alexander the Great.  Who would you rather have as a ruler?  Explain.

• What were TWO causes of the Greco-Persian Wars?  What were TWO effects of the Greco Persian Wars?  Explain the importance of the effects.

• What were TWO causes of the Peloponnesian Wars?  What were TWO effects of the Peloponnesian Wars? Explain the importance of the effects.

• Relate how Athenian Democracy evolved from Draco, to Solon, to Cleisthenes and finally with Pericles.  Was it becoming more democratic? Less? Explain.

• Compare and contrast the city states of Athens and Sparta.  Give at least TWO similarities and TWO differences.