Geography
What is the Greek word for city-state?
Polis
What does import mean?
To bring a product into your country
No government or rules
Anarchy
What were the requirements to be a citizen of Athens?
To be an Athenian citizen you must:
Be 18 years old. Be born of two parent citizens
Be born in Athens.
Be male.
Serve in the navy or army as a rower or hoplite.
What is a Hoplite?
Citizen-soldiers of Ancient Greek city-states who were primarily armed with spears and shields.
What was grown on the drier and warm lands of Greece?
Wheat and Barley
What does export mean?
To send goods from your country to another country.
Inherited power from family members(royalty)
Monarchy
What was the lawmaking body of the city called?
Assembly
What is a phalanx?
The phalanx was a unit of hoplites that protected each other with their shields and fought in a tight formation.
What was grown in the fertile soil areas of Greece?
Olives and grapes
What did Greece export to Egypt?
Wine, grapes, and olives.
Take and keep power by force
Dictatorship/Tyranny
What did the Assembly use to cast their votes on?
White and black stones
What was a Trireme?
Oar-powered warship in Ancient Greece
What animals were used for milk, cheese and wool?
Goats and sheep
What did Greece import from Egypt?
Corn, grains, glass and rugs.
Small group of wealthy landowners rule
Oligarchy
Citizens were expected to serve in the military
True or False
True
Who were the Idiotes?
People who took no interest the rule of the city and did not fulfill their obligations.
Why weren't there more cows and horses in Greece?
The land was too steep and mountainous for cows and horses. Also, only the rich landowners owned horses and cows.
Greece was a major supplier of what metal?
Silver
One person, one vote
Democracy
Women, children and slaves were allowed to vote.
False
What is Ostracism?
An "unpopularity" contest in which a fellow citizen would be exiled from the city if he received 6,000 votes. This citizen would be kicked out of the city for ten years.