Geography
The geography of Greece.
What is mountainous?
A form of government in which a few men rule.
What is an oligarchy?
To increase their resources this city-state traded and built colonies.
What is Athens?
The central marketplace of an Athenian city
What was the agora?
Homes were small and uncomfortable, while public spaces and buildings were large and beautiful.
Why was Athens called the city of contrast?.
Sometimes Greeks asked them for advice or help.
In what ways did Greek gods and goddesses play an important part in the lives of the Athenians?
A landmass that is surrounded by water on three sides.
What is a peninsula?
They are made by the king.
How were laws developed in a monarchy?
The Athenian marketplace, where men had political discussions.
What is the Agora?
Unlike modern American democracy, Athenian government only gave voting rights to which group of people.
What are male citizens?
Actors were only men, they performed them in outdoor theaters and they wore masks.
What were three ways in which Greek theater was different from plays/movies of today?
Mount Olympus
Where did the Greeks believe their gods and goddesses lived?
It allowed the Greeks to establish colonies and trade with others.
What is the sea?
Only free men could vote and speak in the Assembly.
What describes democracy in Athens?
Ancient Greek city-state was famous for its military way of life.
What was Sparta?
Spartans conquered their neighbors.
How did Spartans obtain enough land for farming?
They honored the gods and goddesses.
What was the purpose athletic events in Greece?
Supernatural stories told to explain natural phenomenon, moral ideas or mysteries of the past.
What is a myth?
Cities and surrounding land that acted like their own country.
What were city-states?
A king inherits power, but a tyrant seizes it.
What best describes a difference between a king and a tyrant?
The age that Spartan boys began training in barracks.
What is 7?
In ancient Greek settlements, governments tended to develop in a predictable order. This is the first.
What is a monarchy?
It was the temple that honors Athena.
What was the Parthenon?
The Titans
Who were the children of Gaea and Uranus?
Continent where the city-states of Athens and Sparta are located.
What is Europe?
The power to make political decisions is in the hands of one person, usually a king or queen.
What is a monarchy?
Type of currency used by Sparta.
What is iron bars?
To question ones own beliefs.
What did Socrates encourage his fellow citizens to do?
Socrates was convicted of not honoring the Gods and sentenced to death.
Why did Socrates die?
Cronos was afraid they would overthrow him, like he did to his father.
Why did Cronos swallow his children?