two Ancient Greek City-states
What are Athens and Sparta?
ancient word for city state
What is a polis?
king of the Gods
Who is Zeus?
rule by the few
What is oligarchy?
a group of people in Ancient Greece, they made laws
What is the assembly?
this is where the Greeks believed the gods lived
What is Mt Olympus?
This greek word means barbarians
What is barbaros?
sun God
Who is Apollo?
rule by the noble class?
What is aristocracy?
a person who is legally recognized as a member or subject of a country or state
What is a citizen?
the skill of using words effectively in speaking or writing
What is rhetoric?
a long poem that tells a story of the adventure's heros?
What is an epic?
sea god
Who is Poseidon?
rule by a king or queen
What is a monarchy?
to send a person away from the city
the study of ways of thinking and making well-reasoned arguments
What is logic?
enslaved people in Greece
What are helots?
buildings where soldiers live
What are barracks?
a form of government in which the male citizens held ruling power and made decisions; today it is the form of gov't where citizens can choose the leaders by vote
what is a democracy?
a group of people who listen to information presented during a trial in court and make decisions
what is a jury?
group of soldiers who attack in close formation with their shields overlapping and spears pointing forward
What is a phalanx?
What is an oligarchy?
this group of men believed in physical fitness and there were taught to endure great pain and never accept defeat
Who are Spartans?
cut off from the seacoast by land
What is landlocked?
illegal or dishonest behavior by people in positions of power
What is corruption?