Vocabulary
Know your facts!
Who has rights?
100
The name for a market; the place you buy and sell things in Athens.
What is an Agora?
100
Which two groups fought in the Battle of Salamis?
Athens and Persia
100
Who had no power, no influence, and no rights in Athens?
slaves
200
The 500 members of council who make decisions on everyday affairs like tax collection.
What is a Boule?
200
Which two groups fought in the Peloponnesian War?
Athens (plus its empire) VS Sparta (and its empire)
200
Who had the power to influence, but could not vote? (two groups)
Women and metics
300
A temple built to worship the goddess Athena.
What is the Parthenon?
300
True or False: Members of the Boule were not paid.
FALSE! They were paid so that they could spend all their time focussing on the government.
300
Who went to school to learn math, philosophy, wrestling, and writing?
Boys
400
An Athenian war ship
What is a trireme?
400
Name a Greek philosopher.
Some possible answers: Aristotle Socrates Plato
400
Who could vote in Athens?
Citizens
500
When the people get to vote; when the people have power
What is democracy?
500
TRUE OR FALSE: Women had more rights and freedoms in Sparta than Athens.
TRUE Women could go to school in Sparta.
500
Define a citizen.
A free ATHENIAN born man. Women were not considered citizens in Athens.
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