City States
What did Sparta value more than anything?
Their military
What is an oligarchy?
Government that is run by a small group of wealthy men
Describe the geography of Greece
Mountainous, peninsula, many small islands, small country in Europe
What method of thinking did Socrates teach?
The Socratic Method
What is the group of gods that came before the Olympians called?
Titans
What type of government did Athens have?
A democracy
What is a helot?
another word for slaves in Sparta
What type of religion do the Greeks believe in?
polytheistic- believe in many gods and goddesses
What is the Socratic Method?
Asking and answering why things are the way they are in the form of dialogue
Why is Athens named after Athena?
Athena supplied the people with a better gift than Poseidon
What type of government did Sparta have?
An oligarchy
What is a philosopher?
Someone who tries to answer questions about the nature of life
Name an achievement of Athens or Sparta
Athens- Olympics, philosophy, education, democracy
Sparta- conquerors, military
Who wrote a book in the form of dialogue to show the teachings between student and teacher?
Plato
Why are there seasons?
Persephone took bites out of the pomegranate in the underworld. For every bite she took she stays down there with Hades. Those are the winter and fall months because her mother, Demeter (goddess of harvest) is too upset.
Why does Greece have city-states?
The geography separated the different parts of Greece
What is Alexander the Great known for?
He conquered many different countries and expanded the empire
How are the politics in Athens and Sparta different?
Athens is a democracy where people can vote on the leaders. Sparta is an oligarchy and only a few rich men make the laws.
Who was Plato's student who wrote about laws, science, poetry, art, and government?
Aristotle
Who makes the weapons for the gods?
Hephaestus
What is a city-state?
A state that is run independently from the main country. They create their own laws, governments, social structures, etc.
Who did the Greeks base their alphabet off of?
The Phoenicians
What are the social classes of the city-states?
citizens, non-citizens, slaves
What school did Plato create?
The Academy
Why is Athena the favorite child of Zeus?
She is the wisest and came right out of his own head.