Fact Sheet for Test in History 221


Part I: Objective

(Be able to identify all of the following)

Names:

Aeschylus
Alcibiades
Aristogiton
Aristophanes
Cimon
Cleon
Cleophon
Darius
Demosthenes
Draco
Epaminondas
Ephialtes
Harmodius
Herodotus
Hesiod
Hippias
Homer
Isocrates
Kleisthenes
Nicias
Periander of Corinth
Pericles
Philip II
Pisistratus
Socrates
Solon
Themistocles
Thucydides
Tissaphernes
Xerxes

Places:

Athens
Sparta
Corinth
Piraeus
Marathon
Salamis
Plataea
Crete
Corcyra
Melos
Delos
Samos
Miletos
Thebes
Thessaly
Delphi
Potidaea
Lesbos
Chios
Rhodes
Syracuse
Pylos
Mytilene
Ephesus
Miletus
Aetolia
Achaea
Bithynia
Boeotia
Crete
Euboea
Rhodes
Cyprus
Macedonia
Epirus
Arcadia
Messenia
Laconia
Chalcidice
Thrace
Troad
Lydia
Caria
Lycia
Black Sea
Aegean Sea
Bosporus
Hellespont
Ionian Sea
Saronic Gulf

Dates:

776 First Olympic Games
627-585 Periander Tyrant of Corinth
594 Solon Archon
511/510 Overthrown of Tyranny in Athens
508 Demokratia instituted by Kleisthenes
490 Battle of Marathon
480 Battle of Salamis
479 Battle of Plataea
478 Institution of the Delian League
462 Reforms of Ephialtes
454 Athenians move treasury of League to Athens (?)
447 Parthenon construction begun
431 Outbreak of Peloponnesian War/Pericles' funeral oration
429 Death of Pericles
428 Revolt of Mytilene
421 Peace of Nicias
416 Melian Dialogue
415 Athenians invade Sicily
413 Athenian expedition to Sicily lost
411 Oligarchical revolution of the Four Hundred
404 Fall of Athens/revolution of the Thirty
399 Trial of Socrates
371 Battle of Leuctra
362 Battle of Mantinea
338 Battle of Chaeronea

Part II: Essay

There will be a short essay having to do with the nature of the city state and democracy.

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