Questions: The Story of Ancient Greece and Rome Name ______________________________________________ Class _____ Using Vocabulary democracy citizens Golden Age peninsula colonies 1. The main part of Greece is on a ______________, or land that has water on most sides. 2. The Greek ____________________ were far-off places that were ruled by Greece. 3. The first class of people in Sparta were the ____________________. 4. In a ____________________ the government is run by the people. 5. The people of Athens enjoyed peace, art, and good government during Greece’s ____________________________. Who Am I? Read each sentence then look at the words in the word bank for the name of the person who might have said it. Write the name on the blank beside the quote. Pericles Socrates Aristotle Alexander the Great Aspasia 6. “I lived in Athens where I wrote about science, art, and law.” _____________________ 7. “I opened a school in Athens so that girls could learn to read and write.” ___________ 8. “The Parthenon was built while I was leader of Athens.” __________________________ 9. “My empire became a mixture of many cultures.” _______________________________ 10.“I taught people that there were right ways and wrong ways to behave.” ___________ Think and Apply: Understanding different points of view The people of Sparta and Athens had different points of view about their ways of life. Read each sentence below. Write Sparta next to the sentences that might show the point of view of a person from Sparta. Write Athens next to the sentences that might show the point of view of a person from Athens. 11.Women should not own land. _________________________ 12.Women should be allowed to learn sports and own land. _______________________ 13. It is better for a city-state to be ruled by kings. ____________________________ 14.The people should run the government. _________________________ 15.Training to be a soldier is more important than learning to read. __________________ 16.Boys should go to school to learn to read and write. ___________________________ Sequencing Events. Write the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 next to these sentences to show the correct order in which they happened. _______ Philip II conquered the Greek city-states in 338 B. C. _______ The Greeks began to build city-states on land between the mountains. _______ Athens and Sparta went to war in 431 B. C. _______ Alexander the Great died in 323 B. C. after conquering many lands for Greece. _______ Athens became a democracy around 508 B. C. Read and Remember. Draw a circle around the correct answer. 17.Where did the Roman Empire begin? Greece Persia Italy 18.When did people begin to build the city of Rome? 753 B. C. 146 B. C. 27 B. C. 19.Who had most of the power in the Roman Republic? Kings rich people poor people 20.What city fought with Rome for the land around the Mediterranean Sea? Athens Sparta Carthage 21.Which Roman leader ruled for only five years before he was killed? Julius CaesarAugustus Caesar Mark Antony 22. Who became the first Roman emperor? Julius CaesarAugustus Caesar Mark Antony Think and Apply. Explain in a sentence how each set of words has something in common. Greece, Italy, Carthage ___________________________________________________________________________ bridges, aqueducts, hospitals ___________________________________________________________________________ veto, fair trial, innocent until found guilty __________________________________________________________________________.