AP WORLD HISTORY Mr Rooney Chapter 10 Study Guide

Identifications: (Who, what, where, when, why, how, & so what?) The Illiad and The Odyssy Homer Mycenaens polis King Minos and Minoans Pericles Antigonius Plato Minoan Linear A and B Seleucus Ptolemy Spartan Alexander the Great Persian Wars Sappho Solon Alexander of Macedon Socrates Trojan War tyrant Peloponnesian War Stoics Oympic Games helot Hellenistic empires Aristotle Darius Xerces Athens Sparta Macedonia Anatolia Aegean Sea Cyprus Crete Knossos Neapolis Byzantium Troy Ionia Balkan Peninsula

Study Questions: 1. Compare and contrast the Minoan and Mycenaean societies. 2. What was Greece like during the “Dark Ages” from about 1200 to 800 BCE? 3. What is a polis? How did having a polis as the central political institution of classical Greece shape the history of Greece during this period? 4. Compare and contrast Sparta and Athens. 5. What was the significance of Greek colonization to the history of the Mediteranean region? 6. how did the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars influence the development of the Greek city-states? 7. Explain how Alexander of Macedon was able to successfully conquer such avast area in such a short period of time. 8. What was the legacy of the empire of Alexander? 9. Trace the development of Greek philosophical thought from Socrates through the Hellenistic philosophers. 10. How did Greek religion and drama influence each other?