Chapter 7 Ancient Greece

  Define polis, colony, agora and peninsula.  Discuss the importance of the city of Crete.  Explain how the Early Greeks made their living.  Describe the palace at Knossos.  What was so special about the Mycenaeans?  Tell what it was like to be a Greek citizen within a city-state community?  List two contributions of the spread of Greek culture and growth of industry. The Early Greeks Ch. 7-1 Learning Targets Pgs

  Define helot, oligarchy, tyrant and democracy.  List the contributions of Solon.  Explain what happened during the rule of the nobles.  Tell how the Spartan government controlled the people.  Describe a boy’s life in Athens.  Who led the Spartan government?  List the contributions of Cleisthenes. Sparta and Athens Ch. 7-2 Learning Targets Pgs

  Define satrapies.  Give some important details about Xerxes.  Describe Zoroastrianism.  Tell some information about Persia and Thermopylae.  Explain the vast landholdings of the Persians.  Who was Pheidippides, and what was his contribution?  Describe the Persian and Spartan war.  What happened after the Battle of Plataea?  What caused the Persian Empire to fall? Persia Attacks the Greeks Ch. 7-3 Learning Targets Pgs

  Define direct democracy and representative democracy.  Give some important details about Thucydides, Pericles, and Aspasia.  Tell some information about the Delian League.  List some of Pericles’ beliefs.  Define philosopher.  Describe the duties of the Athenian women.  Give a description of the Peloponnesian War. The Age of Pericles Ch. 7-4 Learning Targets Pgs