Name__Global History and Geography 9H/Period _

Name______Global History and Geography 9H/Period _____

Study Guide: Classical Greece and Rome

Greece:  Minoans Rome:  Mycenaean Society City-States (Polis)  Etruscans   Sparta Roman Republic - - Military Society Law (12 Tables) -  Athens Patricians & plebeians  - Solon Punic Wars  - Pericles Roman Expansion  - Parthenon Gracchi Brothers  - Direct Democracy Julius Caesar   Greek colonies Octavian/Augustus - - Mediterranean Trade Pax Romana -  Olympic Games Roman roads -  Slavery Commercial agric. -  Socrates, Plato & Aristotle Mediterranean trade -  Pythagoras Aqueducts - “  Greek Deities Bread & Circus”   Cult of Dionysus Paterfamilias   Comedy & Tragedy Slavery   Persian Wars Roman Deities  - Delian League Cicero & Stoicism   Peloponnesian War Cult of Mithras & Isis   Philip of Macedon Judaism   Alexander the Great Christianity - - Hellenistic Jesus of Nazareth - Paul of Tarsus Key Questions to Consider:

1. What were the Greek approaches to science and philosophy? Explain the role of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. 2. How was power achieved and maintained in classical Greece/Rome? 3. What was the role of women in Classical Greece/Rome? 4. To what extent was Classical Greece or Classical Rome egalitarian? Use evidence to support your answer. 5. What led to the diffusion of the major religions? Why did Christianity take hold in the Roman Empire? 6. What were the lasting effects of Greece/Rome on world history? 7. What led to the decline of Rome? Explain the collapse of the Empire. Why was the collapse of empire more severe in Western Europe than it was in the eastern Mediterranean?