Athens
What was the government type of Athens (during its peak)?
Democracy
What was the government type of Sparta (during its peak)?
Oligarchy
True or false: Greece had an abundance of good farmland.
False!
Some say the Persian Wars began due to a rebellion in _______________
Ionia
True or false: Ancient Greece was a collection of independent city-states.
True!
To be a citizen of Athens both parents had to be born in Athens. True or False.
True
How many kings did Sparta's oligarchy have:
A peninsula is an area of land surrounded by water on how many sides?
Three sides.
At the first major battle, the Battle of Marathon, Athens sent a meesenger to Sparta. His name was?
Pheidippides
In Athens, the method of randomly selecting citizens to serve in the government is called ______
Sortition.
What was the goal of Athenian education?
Healthy body and intellectual mind
What was the goal of Spartan education?
To prepare their people to fight for and defend Sparta
What is the name of the channel of water that Xerxes crossed to get to Greece?
Hellespont
The only battle (of the four major battles) that was a Persian victory was the Battle of:
Thermopylae
A Greek soldier was called a ______? (Named after the shield they carried)
Hoplite (named after their shield - a hoplon)
Trade!
What was Sparta's economy based on?
The ______ Sea is the sea to the east of Greece.
Agean
The name of that Spartan king who led troops against the Persians at Thermopylae:
Leonidas
This artifact is considered to be one of the first written declarations of human rights.
The Cyrus Cylinder.
At what age did Athenian men begin military training?
18
At what age did Spartan children begin military training?
7
Before Greeks would travel to colonize new land, they would first consult with an:
Most of our understanding of the Persian Wars is from the Persian historian, Herodotus. True or false.
False.
What was the name of the monotheistic religion practiced by many in the Persian empire?
Zoroastrianism