City-States
The type of government in which the "best" people inherited the right to rule a Greek city-state is called what?
What is aristocracy?
Who was allowed to vote in Greek city-states?
Who were the male citizens only?
Colonization brought the greatest change to a city-state's (what?) because they grew rich from trade.
What is merchants?
The ancient Greek form of government in which one leader ruled with the people's support was called what?
What is tyranny?
Who benefited the most from the oligarchies that governed many ancient Greek city-states?
Who were the wealthy people?
What feature of Greek geography encouraged a spirit of independence among its early peoples?
What is the mountain ranges?
Which group of ancient Greek women had greater freedome?
Who were the Spartan women?
By what means did Sparta obtain the resources it needed for growth?
What was by seizing them through conquest?
Under which form of ancient Greek government did ordinary citizens have the least influence?
What is oligarchy?
How did government in Sparta differ from government in Athens?
What was Sparta's citizens had a smaller voice in their government?
What was one result of the independent spirit of the early Greeks?
What was frequent wars between city-states?
Who brought an end to the early Greek civilization?
Who were the Dorians?
Trade with Greek colonies in Asia Minor brought the first (what?) to ancient Greece.
What is coins?
The form of government that we know today as democracy first arose in ancient Greece in the city-states of where?
Where is Athens?
What was a woman's most important role in Spartan society?
What was to produce and raise strong boys to be soldiers?
People who lived in (what?) influenced early civilization in Greece.
What was Crete?
In the epic poem, the Iliad, the poet Homer told the story of a long war the early Greeks waged against who?
Who was the Trojans?
Which person enjoyed the most rights in ancient Greek society?
Who was the tenant farmer?
Which body best illustrates the principles and practices of direct democracy in ancient Athens?
Who was "the assembly"?
What was Sparta best known for throughout ancient Greece?
What was oligarchy?
True or False?
Greece's mountains left little good soil for farming, so the Greeks searched overseas for sources of food.
True.
In ancient Greece, people were ranked according to their what?
What was their social and legal status?
How did the roles and rights outside of Greece women in Sparta differ from the rights and roles of women in most other ancient Greek city-states?
What is Sparta women could sell their property?
True or False:
Was the city-state population small in a direct democracy in ancient Athens?
True
Who held the most power in Sparta's government?
Who were the helots?