Vocabulary
The Geography of Greece
Life in Ancient Greece
The City-State and Democracy
Sparta and Athens
100
What was the earliest form of government in Greece?
Monarchy
100
What divided Greece into city-states?
mountains
100
Where did the Greeks believe the major gods and goddesses lived?
Mount Olympus
100
What were the largest city-states in ancient Greece?
Athens and Sparta
100
What were buildings that served as housing for boys being trained in the military?
barracks
200
What is a body of land that has water on three sides?
peninsula
200
What encouraged out door life?
The warm climate
200
Who was Zeus?
The ruler of the Greek gods
200
What was the center of city life?
the agora
200
Sparta women were expected to be what?
physically and emotionally strong
300
The Olympics were games held every four years to honor who?
Zeus
300
What were the winters and summers like in Greece?
Rainy winters and hot, dry summers
300
What city did the Olympics take place in?
Olympia
300
What is the main difference between an aristocracy and an oligarchy?
The basis for the power of the ruling class
300
Which type of government developed over time in Athens?
a direct democracy
400
What is a polis?
a Greek word for city-state
400
What were metal objects invented in Anatolia for use of trade?
coins
400
The story of Prometheus provides an explanation for how humans came to have what?
fire
400
Each city-state in Greece was what?
independent
400
How was Sparta's government structured?
part monarchy, part oligarchy, and part democracy
500
What is an acropolis?
A fortified hilltop
500
What made it difficult for Greece to unite under a single government?
The rugged landscape
500
The Iliad portrays events during what?
Trojan War
500
What was one of the major legacies of ancient Greece?
citizenship
500
What did the Spartans force defeated people to become?
helots
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