| REVIEW SHEET 5 | ANCIENT AND CLASSICAL GREEK CIVILIZATION |
| pp. 58-75 |
| 1. | Focus Question: Who were the Minoans and what was their relationship with the Mycenaean Greeks? differ? |
| When and where did the Minoan civilization arise? What cultural role did Crete serve? What cultures apparently influenced the formation of Minoan culture? What type of culture did the Minoan have? What evidence do we have that Greeks played a role on Crete? What evidence is there that the Greeks displaced a non-Indo European people on the mainland? What was the probable relationship between Mycenae and Crete between 1400-1200 B.C.E.? In what respects was Minoan society different from Mycenaean? What was the probable basis of wealth of the Mycenaean kings? Which peoples probably destroyed Troy? What did the Greeks themselves believe caused the fall of the Mycenaean civilization? | |
| 2. | Focus Question: Explain the causes and the impact of the fall of Myceanean civilization and how the Greeks recovered? |
| What were the consequences of the collapse of the Mycenaean civilization? What is our best source of information concerning the Greek "dark ages"? What type of government existed in Homeric Greece? How was Homeric society structured? Who were the thetes and what did they do? Who were the majority of the slaves and what did they do? Which qualities would a Homeric hero prize most dearly? Why is "city-state" not a completely accurate translation of the world polis? What factors seem to have determined its location? When did the polisdevelop as an institution? What was the original form of the polis? What military advantage did the phalanx offer? What was the usual cause of a hoplite battle in Greece? What role did the creation of the polis and the phalanx have on the poisition of kings, why? Who initially "won" power from the kings and why was this power not absolute? What was the social impact of the phalanx? | |
| 3. | Focus Question: What were the causes and impact of the great Greek colonization movement? |
| When did the Greeks begin their great colonization movement? What impact did colonization have on Greek life? What other people(see: map - pg. 63) was expanding its colonies just prior to the Greeks? How did new wealth cause problems in the aristocratic polis? Who generally supported the tyrants and what was their program of action? Why did the tyrants generally avoid war? Why did the tyrants disappear? What positive contributions did the tyrants make? | |
| 4. | Focus Question:What was life like for the Greeks during the Archaic period? |
| What type of life did the peasants live? What were the aristocratic values and how were they reflected in their lives? How many gods were in the Greek pantheon and how did they behave? For the Archaic Greeks (Greeks of the Dark Ages), what was the nature of religion, civil virture and private morality? What type of advice did the priests of Apollo give? What role did the cult of Dionysus serve? What type of poetry did Theognis of Megara compose and what did it tell us about the situation within the Greek world? | |
| 5. | Focus Question: Why did Spartan and Athenian societies develop so differently? |
| Why were the Spartans compelled to make the army the primary focus of their society? At what age did a Spartan male become a full citizen? What was the purpose of the Spartan system? What was the role of women in Sparta? What was the one ambition permitted to a Spartan male? What type of government did Sparta have? How did Sparta build the Peloponnesian League and what did it expect from its allies? What type of polis was Athens in the 7th c. B.C.E.? What crisis led to the Reforms of Solon in Athens? What were Solon’s principal reforms? To what extent were they successful and to what extent unsuccessful? What was the aim of Pisistratus's government and how did he achieve it? What was the unintended effect of his policies? How did Clistenes contribute to Athenian democracy? How did Clisthenes seek to weaken the power of the nobles? Who had final authority in all things following Clisthenes’ reforms? | |
| 6. | Focus Question: How did Greek victory in the Persian Wars change the nature political structure in Greece? |
| Why did the Ionian Greeks rebell against Persia in 499 B.C., and why did Athens help? What was the outcome of the revolt? Why did Darius and Xerxes attack Greece? What contribution did Themistocles make to victory and to the future power of Athens? How the Greeks manage to defeat the Persians? What event marked the beginning of the Classical Period in Greece and how long did it last? What was the purpose of the Delian League and who led it? Why didn't Sparta take the lead in Greece after the battles of Plataea and Mycale? What were Cimon's policies and what led to his fall? How did the First Peloponnesian War end? What pressures resulted in the change from the Delian League to the Athenian Empire? How did Athenian government and society function under Pericles? What was the chief role of women in Athenian society? What was the one public function of women? How does literature and art contradict the legal position of women? What was the Spartan advantage and what was the Athenian advantage in the Great Peloponnesian War? Why did Athens lose the Great Peloponnesian War? Why was Sparta not an ideal state to rule a maritime empire? What indication did the Greeks have that the Persian Empire was vulnerable? What led to the demise of Spartan hegemony? What led to the collapse of Theban hegemony? How did the second Athenian empire compare to its first empire? | |
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