Geography
Greece has a lot of these geographic feature.
Mountains
Appointed archon in 595 BC and set about reforming Athenian economic and social issues.
Solon
Polis
Kings
Name for the common Greek soldier
Hoplite
Most Greek Polis (city-states) were originally forts centered on this.
Acropolis (hill)
Son of former ruler. More oppressive than his father and eventually deposed.
Hippias
This person seized power unconstitutionally.
A tyrant
In Ancient Greece, an aristocrat was a member of what caste?
Military
Allowed the city to send any citizen and his family into exile for a period of ten years.
Ostracism
An area that served as a meeting spot and market.
Agora
The first legislator of Athens
Draco
A special magistrate in ancient Athens used to mediate problems between aristocrats and common citizens.
Archon
Draco had established this in Athens, one of the building blocks of Athenian democracy.
Written law
A new style of warfare characterized by use of spears and formations six to ten lines deep.
The phalanx
Athens covered less than _____ sq. mi.
4000
This individual attempted to become the tyrant of Athens 3 times, being successful on his last attempt by riding into Athens with a women dressed as Athena
Peisistratus
The word "democracy" comes from these two Greek words.
Demos and Kratos
What were the three things that Solon did while he was appointed leader?
Changed to the law code to relieve the debt and land problems of the poor
Abolished the practice of selling debtors into slavery
Allowed all wealthy men, aristocrat or not, to run for the highest government offices
The hill in which the ecclesia convened to vote on matters. One of the most important sites to the development of democracy.
The Pnyx
Sea that surrounds Greece
Ageaen
Cypselus
A popular assembly opened to all male citizens of Athens. They convened weekly to vote on matters.
The ecclesia (ekklesia)
How were offices filled each year?
By drawing lots
What philosopher said that all schools should be public
Aristotle