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Ancient Greece Worksheet
chapter six, pp. 109-123

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1. As poorer men powered the Athenian fleet, both their _________ and _________ importance grew. They pressed to make the administration of ________ at Athens more democratic.
2. An ________ in Sparta in 465 B.C. led to a ______ by the helots, and Sparta called on _______ to help by sending _______. At the last minute, the Spartans sent the Athenian soldiers _______.
3. This outrage prompted reforms that limited the powers of the __________ council in Athens to eliminate the appearance of conflict of __________. One of the most significant reforms was the establishment of a judicial system manned by ______ of male citizens. There were no ______ to instruct the jurors and usually no ________ or defense __________. All trials were conducted in _____ day. Corrupt jurors were _______. ___________ speech was the most important element in legal proceedings. A ______ vote of the jurors ruled. There was no _______ from their verdicts.
4. The official procedure for exiling a man from Athens for ten years was called ____________. It symbolizes the principle that the interest of the ______ must prevail over that of the individual citizen in some cases.
5. The reforms of _______ included the policy that all public servants be paid a daily ____________. This allowed _______ Athenians to serve in government. He also pushed through a law saying that only children whose mother and father were both Athenians could become ____________. This policy was a elevated the status of Athenian __________.
6. In the 450s B.C., Athens pursued an aggressive foreign policy against ________ interests in Greece. They also ended their policy of military campaigns against ________.
7. In the winter of 446-445 B.C., Athens signed a ______ treaty with Sparta. This was supposed to last for ____ years.
8. After Athens ended operations against Persia, some members of the ______ League rebelled against Athens because they didn’t want to continue paying to for a nonexistent war.
9. Renewed tensions between Athens and Sparta provoked the ______________ War, which began in _____ B.C.
10. The wealth of Athens at this time had led historians to refer to it as the _______ Age of Athens.
11. Gifts donated by the rich provided some public __________. Next to the agora, which was the public ___________, a wealthy Athenian built the Painted _______, a narrow building open on one side.
12. There were no ________ or _________ taxes in Athens during peacetime. Instead, Athens received substantial revenues from ______ fees, _____ taxes, and the _____ of the allies.
13. ______ were paid for by public funds. One of these buildings was the ______________, built to house an image of the goddess _________, which stood ___ feet high. (The previous temple had been destroyed by the _________ in 480 B.C.) This and other buildings cost the equivalent of a _______ dollars in modern terms. One was built to create an ______ illusion of perfectly straight lines. The temple was the first to show _______ in the company of the gods.
14. The Athenians believed that the ______ looked favorably on their empire.
15. Free-standing ______ provides insights into Greek representation of the human ______.
16. Greeks who bought sculpture set them up on _______ display. They were meant to be _____ by other people, not displayed in private _______.
17. Sculptors used materials such as ____ and _______ to create their masterpieces.
18. The Athenian Myron crafted a famous sculpture of a man preparing to throw a __________.


Short answer

1. Discuss the system of “radical” democracy in Athens in the mid-fifth century B.C. (Don’t forget to discuss ostracism.)









2. What rights did male and female citizens of Athens have in the time of Pericles?











3. Discuss life in Athens just before the war with Sparta in 431 B.C.










4. Describe the architecture of the Parthenon.









5. Discuss the characteristics of Greek sculpture during the Classical Period.