Athens or Sparta
Government
Vocabulary
People & Places
Famous People
100
Their whole society revolved around building and maintaining its army.
What is Sparta
100
rule by a king or queen
What is a monarchy?
100
A story designed to teach a lesson
What is a fable?
100
The blind poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Who is Homer?
100
Greek philosopher who introduced the scientific method.
Who is Aristotle?
200
The men were educated and allowed to participate in the Assembly
What is Athens
200
Rule by the people
What is a democracy?
200
Traditional Greek story about gods and goddesses.
What is a myth?
200
The Greek slave who wrote fables.
Who is Aesop?
200
Greek philosopher who taught his students by asking questions.
Who is Socrates?
300
The women were rarely seen in public and seldom worked outside the home
What is Athens?
300
Rule by a few.
What is an oligarchy?
300
The highest mountain in Greece where the Greek gods were thought to live.
What is Mt. Olympus?
300
Greek philosopher who taught that the spiritual world was superior to the physical world.
Who is Plato?
400
The men were taught from a very early age to steal, fight, and protect themselves.
What is Sparta?
400
Athen's first form of government
What is oligarchy?
400
The name of the age in Greece that began about 500 BC
What is the classical age?
400
The hill overlooking Athens that was the center of religious life.
What is the Acropolis?
400
Greek mathematician who advanced the lever and the pulley.
Who is Archimedes
500
An oligarchy was this city-state's only type of government.
What is Sparta?
500
Ruler with absolute authority.
What is a tyrant?
500
Book written by Plato
What is the Dialogues?
500
The Greek historian who wrote about the Peloponnesian War.
Who is Thucydides?
500
Famous Greek emperor who spread Greek culture throughout much of the world
Who is Alexander the Great?
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