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Assessment

You can use the knowledge and revision activities in this book to prepare for your assessment

in week 3 of term 4. Below are key questions to help you prepare.

1. What will I be tested on?

You will be tested on everything we have learnt about Ancient Greece. The things that you

could be tested on are;

- The geography of Greece

- Trade in Greece

- Persian Wars

- Athens

- Sparta

- Pelponnesian wars

- Alexander the Great

2. What will the assessment look like?

This assessment will be similar to those you have taken so far. There will be three extended

answers you will complete.

3. Where can I find the information to prepare for my assessment?

Use your exercise book and your booklet. Everything you need for your assessment is in there.

You can use post it notes and highlighters to go through your book and pick out key facts,

key ideas and to reflect on your written answers.

4. Use this table below to keep track of your revision

Unit Pages Completed (X)

Geography and trade 2

Trade comparison 3

Athens and Sparta 4

Trade cycle 5

Athens and Sparta 6

Peloponnesian War 7

Alexander 8

PEE Practice 9

Misconception buster 10

AP2

Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece Revision booklet

Name – _____________________________________

Form - _______________________________________

I will show responsibility by completing my revision booklet to

the best standard so I am well prepared for my assessment.

I will reflect on my class and home learning to prepare for my

assessment. I will read through my growth tasks to reflect on

how I could improve for my assessment.

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Use this map to help you complete the questions in each box.

Greece was made up of independent city states. But what helped to unite these different Greek cities together?

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1. Why would you

describe Greece as an

archipelago?

2. Why would this make

it hard for one king to

rule all of Greece?

3. Why were Greek cities

ruled in different ways?

4. Why did Greece need to

trade for wheat?

5. Why were olives and grapes

an important resource?

Checklist

✓ Identify what they

had in common

✓ Give some

evidence about this

similarity.

✓ Explain how this

would help Greeks to unite

together.

Fact box – use these

ideas to help you

Persian wars

Olympics

Religion

CultureWriting system

Task 1

Task 2 -Write a PEE paragraph to answer this question.

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Task 3 – Complete the activities below.

Example A Example B

One key difference was trade. Athens

did not have very much land which

meant it could not grow enough food to

feed everyone. Athens needed to trade

olive oil and wine for wheat. Sparta had

more land so it could grow enough food

to feed everyone. Sparta traded this

surplus for metal to make weapons.

One key difference was trade. Athens did not have

very much land which meant it could not grow

enough food to feed everyone. Athens needed to

trade olive oil and wine for wheat. Sparta had more

land so it could grow enough food to feed

everyone. Sparta traded this surplus for metal to

make weapons. They are similar as both cities traded

but the difference is that Athens traded for food but

Sparta did not need extra food so traded to help its

army grow.

Task 3, Stretch task – Use the space below to design a check-list of everything you need to include in

a paragraph. (Example: 1. Check your point sentence answers the question.)

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Colour code this answer using black (point), red (evidence) and blue (explanation). Use the

best from both answers and your own knowledge to redraft it below.

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Athens

Both

Sparta

Task 3.1- It is easy to get a little confused between these two city-states. Sort the words below

into the correct place and then add your own.

Democracy Citizens Vote Council of Elders Olives and

grapes

Olive trees cut

down

Education Helots Slaves Aristotle

Only men Shouted yes/no

to agree to laws

Aged over 20 Could only

agree with the

laws given

trading

Went to school

aged 6 or 7

Learned to read

and write

Metals Weapons Wheat

Learnt how to

become soldiers

Could not grow

enough wheat

Laws 500 Could suggest

their own laws

Olive oil Women could

not vote

2 kings wine Learnt how to

be good

citizens.

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PEE - How does trade make civilisation stronger? (Think about growing a population, about obtaining metals like bronze and iron for armour, etc, and how

this would help a city)

Task 4 – Use theis trade disgram to recap this information. Complete it in one colour for Athens and another colour for Sparta.

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Factor Athens Sparta How similar were they? Explain your answer

Government How were decisions made in Athens?

How were decisions made in Sparta?

Trade What did Athens trade? Why did Athens need to trade?

What did Sparta trade? Why did Sparta need to trade?

Education What was the purpose of education in Athens?

What was the purpose of education in Sparta?

Women What was the role of women in Athens?

What was the role of women in Sparta?

Specific facts to include in your answer

Democracy Vote Aged 20 2 Kings Limited democracy Citizens

Soldiers Olive oil Mediterranean Wine Agora 508 BC

Permission Education Read and write Silver mine Wheat

Task 5 – Use this table to recap how much you have learnt about Athens and Sparta Word box

Slightly

Partially

Polar opposite

Fundamentally

Broadly

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Task 6 - Complete the mind map

about the Peloponnesian war.

What were the consequences

of the Peloponnesian war.

This had a …….. effect because…

This had a …….. effect because…

This had a …….. effect because…

This had a …….. effect because…

One consequence was…

One consequence was…

One consequence was…

One consequence was…

Stretch

Can you identify these reasons as political/ economic/

military?

Super stretch

Can you make links between differents effects and justify

these links?

Stretch word box

Positive

Negative

Short term

Long term

Economic

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Why was Alexander such a

successful conqueror?

This helped Alexander to be a successful

conqueror because…

This helped Alexander to be a successful

conqueror because…

This helped Alexander to be a successful

conqueror because…

This helped Alexander to be a successful

conqueror because…

His army was better because… He prevented rebellions by…

An additional reason is…

He won the support of the people he

conquered by…

Task 7 - Complete the mind map on how

Alexander was able to conquer large amounts of

land.

Stretch

Can you identify these reasons as political/

economic/ military?

Super stretch

Can you make links between these factors and

justify how they link?

Stretch word box

Conquered

Consoldiate

Win the support of

Fear

Long term

Short term

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How similar were the governments of Athens and Sparta?

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Glows

Improves

You have described how decisions were

made in Athens

You must explain why Athenian and Spartan

Governments were different

You have described how decisions were

made in Sparta

You must explain why Athenian and Spartan

Governments were similar

You have explained how the governments of

Athens and Sparta were similar

You must come to a judgement on how

similar or different they were

You have explained how the governments of

Athens and Sparta were different

You must explain how the governments of

Athens and Sparta link to their overall ideals.

Task 8:

1. Write a PEE paragraph answering this question: How different were the

governments of Athens and Sparta?

2. Highlight your point, evidence and explanation in different colours.

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Task 7: These sentencs are all incorrect. Correct these sentences including specific evidence

from the box.

a. Athens had two kings and the Council of Elders decided on new laws.

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b. Spartans voted using paper.

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c. Only Spartan boys went to school.

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d. Only Athens traded because it couldn’t produce enough wheat.

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e. Women were required to produced babies so they could be soldiers when they grew

up in both Athens and Sparta.

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500 men One would be at

war and one

would rule at

home

Aged over

20

Shouting yes

or no

Parents needed

to be Athenian

Men aged

over 60

To become

good

soldiers

Women needed

permission from

their husbands to

leave their

houses

To produce

strong

babies

Traded

olives oil

and wine

for wheat.

Women were

citizens so they

were free to

move around

without

permission

Traded

food to get

copper to

make

bronze

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What next?

How to revise in History

This booklet has given you some guidance for revision, but most of your revision

should be your own.

Here are some suggestions for ways you can revise independently. Use these

consistently and you will learn and improve.

Revision techniques

What? Why? How?

Flash

cards and

quizzes

‘Self-quizzing’ – testing

yourself on information

– is one of the best

ways to learn anything.

Many studies over the

last 100 years have

proved this.

Choose a topic. Make a set of

around 10 flash cards with

questions on one side and

answers on the other.

Test yourself regularly until you

can confidently get full marks.

Test yourself on the contents of

your knowledge organiser –

write out key definitions, facts

and dates from memory.

I am going to use

this technique to

revise:

1.___________

2.___________

3.___________

Mind

maps

Putting away your notes

and sketching mind

maps/notes from

memory is a strong way

to learn. The act of

‘retrieving’ information

from memory makes

the knowledge more

likely to stick.

Start with your notes. Make a

mind map for a particular

topic. Branches represent key

parts of the topic, then key

facts/dates/people.

Then do this again without

notes to hand. Go back with a

green pen and add anything

you missed.

I am going to use

this technique to

revise:

1.___________

2.___________

3.___________

Practice

answers

Practising the kind of

questions you are likely

to get in the test means

you are much more

familiar and confident

with the test.

There are several practice

questions in these booklets. Do

some with notes but build up to

doing them without notes, in

timed conditions.

Ask your teachers for extra

practice questions if you

complete all of these. You can

also swap answers with friends

or make your own questions.

I am going to use

this technique to

revise:

1.___________

2.___________

3.___________

Reviewing

your work

Acting on feedback

already given and

finding key information

from notes ensure that

you understand what is

being asked of you in

AP2.

Re-read your deep mark

feedback. Use post-It notes to

pick out key ideas and facts

from your written pieces.

I am going to use

this technique to

revise:

1.___________

2.___________

3.___________

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