Ancient Greece

Assignment Number 1 :             

I.            Read A History of Western Society Chapter 3 ‘Legacy of Greece’ to ‘The Polis’

Answer the following questions:

1.    How did geography shape the development of Greek civilization.  Be specific in your answer.

2.    Fill in the timeline of Greek history from 1650-800 BCE found in the back of the pink source book.

3.   Identify:

a)  Heroic Age

b)  Homer

c)  Iliad

d)  Odyssey

e)  Hesiod

f)  Theogony

Assignment Number 2:         

I.            Read A History of Western Chapter 3 ‘The Polis’ to ‘The Growth of Sparta’

II.              Describe the following:

1)  Polis

2)  Acropolis

3)  agora

4)  monarchy

5)  aristocracy

6)  oligarchy

7)  democracy

8)  tyranny

9)  federalism

10)  Metropolis

III.              Answer the following questions:

1. Why did the Greek city-states begin to colonize the Mediterranean world after 800 BC?

2. What factors made colonization an easy choice for the Greeks?

3.  What was the result of Greek colonization?

4.  What was the difference between the Heroic poets and the Lyric poets?                              Provide an example of each.

Assignment Number 3 :            

Read pages A History of Western Society Ch3 ‘The Growth of Sparta’ to ‘The Classic Period’ and ‘Daily Life in Periclean Athens’ to ‘Greek Religion’

Answer the following questions:

1.  Compare Sparta and Athens by listing 5 differences between the 2 city states.

2.  Find any similarities between Sparta and Athens.

TEST DATE: October 17

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Includes Solon Assignments.