Vocabulary
Also known as city-state
What is a polis?
The city-state whose focus is on making warriors
Sparta
Who is Socrates?
Athen's government
What is a direct democracy?
A powerful empire that attempted to invade and conquer Greece
Who are the Persians?
Open public marketplace in Ancient Greece
What is the Agora?
The city-state where women had zero rights and were taught to be good wives and mothers
Athens
King who unified the Greek city-states
Who is King Phillip II?
The people who have the power in a direct democracy
What are citizens?
Battle of Marathon
The peninsula where Sparta is located
What is the Peloponnesian peninsula?
Athens and Sparta had these two things in common
What is slavery, an assembly, religion, language?
Leader in Athens who created an empire and worked to restore Athens
Who is Pericles?
Sparta's government
What is an oligarchy?
At what battle did the Greeks, led by Sparta, attempt to hold off the Persians, but lost to the Persians due to a Greek traitor?
Battle of Thermopylae/ Battle of 300
The hilltop fortress holds many buildings and serves as a place to hide from invaders
What is an acropolis?
The lack of natural resources and an increase in population led Athens to found these
What are colonies?
King who conquered the Persian Empire and influenced the spread of Greek culture (Hellinism)
Who is Alexander the Great?
Oligarchy
What is a government with a small group of wealthy people, 2 kings and a council of elders or an assembly, making decisions for the citizens?
Battle of Salamis
Citizen soldiers
What are hoplites?
Responsibilities and duties of citizens
What is hold office, vote, own land, and debate?
Philosopher that believed in the Golden Mean, influenced the US Constitution and believed the best government is a combination of a monarchy, oligarchy, and democracy.
Who is Aristotle?
What is the rule of law?
This event lead to the decline of the Greek city-states
The Peloponnesian War?
Slaves in Sparta
What are helots?
Extra points:
1. What did Sparta do to control the population of the helots? (100 points)
2. Why did they have to control the population? (100 points)
Athens league of alliance with some of the Greek city-states
What is the Delian league?
Created a code of laws for Athens
Who is Draco?
What is the population is too big?
Consequences of the Persian Wars
What is enter an era of new Golden Age with rapid developments in culture and technology>