Greece Vocab
A Greek city-state
What is a polis?
King of the Gods in Ancient Greece.
Who is Zeus?
Who was the main rival of Athens?
What is Sparta?
What type of religious beliefs did the Greeks have?
What is they were polytheistic?
Athens created the first what?
What is direct democracy?
Armed foot soldiers in Ancient Greece.
Who are hoplites?
God of the sea and horses.
Who is Poseidon?
What was most important to Sparta?
What is the military?
What was an important Greek building in Athens that honored Athena?
What is the Parthenon?
What was most important in Athens?
A system of government where the people rule.
What is a democracy?
Goddess of wisdom.
Who is Athena?
Who was able to vote in Athens?
Who are only male citizens?
What was a tragedy?
What is a story that had an unhappy ending?
In Sparta, about how old did boys and girls start training for the military?
What is 6 or 7?
A system of government where only a few people rule.
What is an oligarchy?
God of war.
Who is Ares?
In Sparta, how did they survive?
What is by farming?
What is a comedy?
What is a story that uses humor to talk about serious issues?
In what war did Sparta and Athens fight against the Persians?
What is the Persian War?
Spartan slaves in Ancient Greece.
Who are helots?
God of sun, light, and music.
Who is Apollo?
The war between Athens and Sparta was called what?
What is the Peloponnesian War?
If you have the ability to live forever, you are what?
What is immortal?
What three things did both Sparta and Athens have in common?
What is they spoke the same language, believed in the same religion, and competed in the Olympic games?