Ancient Civilizations Honors - Unit 4: Greek Civilization Study Guide PDF

Mr. Gasdia Ancient Civilizations Honors January 27, 2025 Unit 4: Greek Civilization Study Guide Test Format Multiple Choice || 20 questions || 3 pts. each Fill in the Blank || 10 Questions || 2 pts. each Short Answer Que...

Mr. Gasdia Ancient Civilizations Honors January 27, 2025 Unit 4: Greek Civilization Study Guide Test Format Multiple Choice || 20 questions || 3 pts. each Fill in the Blank || 10 Questions || 2 pts. each Short Answer Question || 1 Question || 20 pts. Covered Readings World History, Chapter 5, Section 1 World History, Chapter 5, Section 4 Excerpts from The Illiad Primary Sources: Greek Philosophy The Epic Siege of Troy Documentary Aristotle on Tragedy World History, Chapter 5, Section 2 Primary Sources: Greek Philosophy Primary Sources: Sparta and Athens Primary Sources: The Greek Arts Readings on Greek Mythology World History, Chapter 5, Section 5 The Twelve Trials of Hercules Video Important Terms and Concepts Europa barbarians Ares Crete Olympians Apollo Minoan Civilization Sparta Artemis Palace at Knossos Athens Hermes shrines helots Dionysius frescoes martial state Aphrodite Mycenaean Civilization tyrants The Fates The Trojan War Solon’s Reforms Clotho Straits legislature Lachesis Paris agora Atropos Helen Gaia Prometheus Menelaus Eros Hephestus Agamemnon Uranus Pandora Achilles Titans Pandora’s box Hector Cronos demi-god Dorians Rhea Perseus Homer Titanomachy Medusa Heinrich Schliemann Hera Sisyphus polis Poseidon Hercules acropolis Demeter Trials of Hercules monarchy Hades logic aristocracy Hestia reason oligarchy Zeus ethics democracy Metis rhetoric phalanx Athena Sophists Socrates Aristotle’s wisdom Alexander the Great The Socratic Method Epicurus Hindu Kush hemlock Greek columns war elephants Plato drama Hellenism The Academy tragedy assimilated The Allegory of the Cave Aeschylus Alexandria The Republic Sophocles Stoicism Aristotle Euripides Pythagoras The Golden Mean Aristophanes geometry The Lyceum Lysistrata Euclid Anaxagoras Herodotus heliocentrism Pre-Socratic Thucydides Eratosthenes Nous assassination Archimedes Meno’s Proof Macedonia Hippocrates Theory of Recollection Battle of Chaeronea Larger Questions to Consider In what way did Minoan and Greek civilization build off the earlier developments of civilizations in the fertile crescent? What was the importance of the Mediterranean Sea to Greek civilization? What does The Illiad reveal about the role the ancient Greeks believed the gods to play in everyday life? How much of the story of the Trojan War as related in The Illiad is confirmed in the archaeological record? How are the Olympians similar and different from other polytheistic gods we have studied? What was unique about the development of Greek civilization in comparison to the other civilizations we have studied? How does Aristotle differentiate between diverse forms of government? What role did the development of the phalanx and other advances in warfare play in the forms of government developed in Greece? What are the differences between Spartan and Athenian society in terms of citizenship, women, education, government, and slaves? What role did humans play in Greek mythology and what was their relationship to the gods? What role did Plato believe women should play in society? What is Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” and what deeper philosophical truths is it meant to portray? In what ways did Greek philosophy change Western thought? What was novel about the Greek approach to sculpture and the arts more generally? What was so remarkable about Alexander the Great’s conquest of the ancient world? What were the consequences of Alexander the Great’s death on the ancient world? What developments in math and science came out the Hellenistic world?