Please answer and study the questions below to prepare for the test.

SOCIAL STUDIES MIDTERM STUDY GUIDENAME _____________________Date of midterm ____________The social studies midterm is both skill-based and content based. For somequestions you will need to recall information. For other questions you will needto:*analyze charts*read paragraphs for main idea and for reading comprehension*label a map of Greece*analyze pictures*place events in the correct order on a timelinePlease answer and study the questions below to prepare for the test.1. Briefly summarize the myth Theseus and the Minotaur.2. Briefly summarize the myth The Trojan War.3. Describe the physical geography of Greece.4. Define democracy.5. Define oligarchy.6. Define agora.7. Define acropolis.

8. Describe Athens.9. Describe Sparta.10. Who fought in the Persian Wars?11. Who was Xerxes?12. List the major battles we studied in the Persian Wars.1.2.3.4.13. Who won the Persian Wars?14. Describe the Delian League.

15. Why didn’t Sparta join the Delian League?16. Who fought in the Peloponnesian War?17. Who won the Peloponnesian War?18. What effect did the Peloponnesian War have on Greece?19. Who was Philip II?20. Who was Alexander the Great?21. Describe Alexander’s empire.22. When were the first Olympic games?23. What purpose did the Olympic games serve?24. Who was Hippocrates?

25. Who were the 3 major philosophers?1.2.3.**Please also look at your map of Greece and be prepared tolabel the different places (review page 2 in your Unit Book andpractice putting dates on a timeline.**