The test
will consist of definitions (You will actually have to WRITE the definitions),
multiple choice, and short answer.
1. What percentage of
2. Approximately how many square miles
does
3. What three seas make up the eastern,
western, and southern borders of
4. The Minoan civilization flourished
between 2700-1450 B.C. during what age?
5. Who first discovered the Minoan
civilization?
6. What years did the Mycenaean
civilization flourish?
7. The Mycenaean’s were warrior people
who prided themselves on what?
8. How was the Mycenaean government
organized?
9. After the collapse of the Mycenaean
civilization,
10.
Why was the Dark Age
considered “dark?”
11.
What were Homer’s first Greek epic poems?
12.
Why is Homer thought to have created Greek
history?
13.
What word do we use today derived from polis?
14.
What was the acropolis used for?
15.
By 5th century B.C.,
16.
The polis consisted of citizens with political
rights which were who?
17.
The polis consisted of citizens with NO
political rights which were who?
18.
The polis
consisted of NON citizens with NO rights which were who?
19.
What were the characteristics of a Greek
city-state?
20.
What were the results of Greek colonization?
21.
Why did tyrants embark on public building
programs?
22.
What were the two most famous and powerful
city-states?
23.
What is the Greek work for “capture?” Who were they?
24.
In what ways did women contribute to
25.
Who was the reform-minded aristocrat who
canceled all land debts and freed people who had fallen into slavery for debts?
26.
Who created a council of 500 that supervised
foreign affairs, oversaw the treasury, and proposed laws?
27.
How were the Greeks able to defeat the
Persians?
28.
What did victory over the Persians cost the
Greeks?
29.
What was the defensive alliance that the
Athenians formed against the Persians in 478 B.C.?
30.
Pericles expanded
the involvement of Athenians in their democracy by creating what?
31.
How did paying public officials help
strengthen Athenian democracy?
32.
What was the family’s most important role?
33.
How did the Great Peloponnesian Was weaken
the Greek states?
34.
What is the highest mountain in
35.
In what ways did the Greeks honor their gods
and goddesses?
36.
Who wrote Oedipus
Rex?
37.
Why might Greek comedies be controversial?
38.
What forms of literature were developed in
ancient
39.
Who was Plato’s most famous student?
40.
How old was Alexander the Great when he
became king of
41.
How did Phillip II and Alexander the Great
change
42.
What word comes from a Greek word meaning “to
imitate others?”
43.
What were the four Hellenistic kingdoms that
emerged as the successors to Alexander?
44.
The
Greek cities of the Hellenistic Era spread Greek culture to where?
45.
What were the Hellenistic buildings
characteristic of the Greek homeland?
46.
Who was Eratosthenes? What did he determine?
47.
Who wrote the textbook on plane geometry
called Elements?
48.
Who was the most famous scientist of the
Hellenistic Era? What did he do?
49.
Stoics thought happiness could be found only
by what?
50.
In which fields did the Hellenistic scholars
make advancements?
DO NOT
FORGET the 10 vocabulary words from the board:
epic poem, polis, hoplite, phalanx, ostracism, ritual, philosophy,
tragedy, oligarchy, democracy