Geography
Ancient Greece is in
Southeast Europe or the Balkans/the Balkan Peninsula
Greeks lived in ____-______ they called ______.
city-states; poleis
Athenian democracy emphasized _____ democracy, p____ d_____, and c_______.
Direct; public debate; and citizenship.
Persia practiced _________, which focused on the contrast/battle of ____ and ____.
Zoroastrianism; good and evil
By studying ancient peoples, cultures, and languages, Ancient Greece produced the first ________.
Historians
Modern day Turkey is also called
Asia Minor
Greece had many ______. Some ways people became ______ were being captured in battle, being born to _____ parents, or having a large amount of ____.
Slaves; debt
While Athens was a _______, Sparta was an ________.
Democracy; oligarchy
Persia created a large i_____ b_______ to help run its r___ and p______ systems.
Imperial bureaucracy; road, postal.
A night out in Ancient Greece might include going to the ______.
Theater
The sea that almost all Greek city-states were built on or around is called the
Aegean Sea
In Greek city-states, _____ had political rights and responsibilities.
Citizens
Sparta was known for being especially m________.
Bonus: at age 13, Spartan boys were sent off to the ______.
Militaristic; Agoge.
The Persian Wars forced ______ and ______ to unite.
Athens, Sparta
P_______ was a major contribution of Ancient Greece.
(Hint: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle)
Philosophy
The larger sea that both Greece and the Aegean Sea are in is called the
Mediterranean Sea
In Greek poleis, only f___ a____ m____ could be citizens.
Free (non-enslaved) adult males
Athens began as a m_____, then evolved into an a_______, t______, and, finally, a d______.
Monarchy, aristocracy, tyranny, democracy.
Athens famously beat the Persian Empire at the battles of ________ and _______, leaving them in control of the A_____ Sea.
Marathon, Salamis; Aegean
Western ______ begins in ancient Greece with the writing of the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Literature
The sea to the northeast of Greece and the Mediterranean is called the (it is also a color)
Bonus: it is connected to the Mediterranean by the
Black Sea
Dardanelles
W____, f_______, and s____ had no political rights
Women, foreigners, and slaves
_____ participation was a part of everyday life in ancient Athens.
Civic
Greeks kept their p______ i________ by winnings the Persian Wars.
Political independence
H__a, A____o, A_t___s, and Ap______e are all Greek gods.
Hera, Apollo, Artemis, and Aphrodite