Unit III -The Greeks

Military Power, Sports, Humanism, Government

Copyright 2006; C. Pettinato, RCS High School, All Rights Reserved

1. Video

2. Location - The Greek City States

3. Controlling Trade Along Vital Waterways

4. Beginnings

• A. Where, when and how did the Greek City States originate?

5. Geography

• A. How did geography influence the lives of the early Greeks?– 1.

– 2.

– 3.

6. Rough Terrain = Separate Development

7. Written Records

• A. Homer

– 1. The Iliad and The Odyssey

• B. Impact of the Greeks on learning

8. Types of Government in The Greek City States

• A. What is a monarchy?

• B. aristocracy ?

• C. oligarchy ?

• D. democracy ?– 1. direct –– 2. representative -

9. Examples of Rival City States

• A. Sparta

• 1. landlocked• 2. commitment, 7 -30• 3. rights/duties of

women• 4. type of government• 5. lifestyle• 6. pride

• B. Athens

• 1. on the sea• 2. commitment/duties• 3. rights/duties of

women• 4. type of government• 5. lifestyle• 6. pride

10. Ancient Athens and the Acropolis

11. Spartan Legacy11. Spartan Legacy

12. Wars

• A. Who fought in the Persian Wars?

• B. Why?

• C. What were the results?– 1. For Athens –– 2. For Sparta -

13. Wars (continued)

• A. Who fought in the Peloponnesian Wars?

• B. Why?

• C. What were the results?– 1. For Athens – – 2. For Sparta -

14. Video

15. The Golden Years of Athens

• A. The Age of Pericles (460 – 429BC)

• B. Lovers of Wisdom– 1. Socrates

– 2. Plato

– 3. Aristotle

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16. Athenian Accomplishments

• A. Architecture - • B. Sculpture – • C. Poets and Drama Writers - • D. Historians – • E. Mathematicians –

17. Greek Sculpture –Realistic and Idealistic

18. Alexander the Great - The Hellenistic Civilization

• A. Who was Alexander and where did he come from?

• B. What areas did he conquer?

• C. What was his fate?

• D. What was the Hellenistic civilization?

19. Video

20. Important Terms

• 1. polis• 2. acropolis• 3. monarchy• 4. aristocracy• 5. oligarchy• 6. phalanx• 7. democracy• 8. tyrant• 9. Homer• 10. Persian Wars• 11. Peloponnesian Wars•

• 12. rhetoric• 13. tragedy• 14. comedy• 15. Socrates• 16. Aristotle• 17. Plato• 18. Parthenon• 19. Alexander• 20. Hellenistic Civilization• 21. Euclid, Pythagoras• 22. Hippocrates