Ancient Greece Vocabulary
What is a city-state?
an independent city with its own government and laws
Which of the main city states in Ancient Greece focuses more on War
Sparta
What is something that Ancient Greece did to keep intruders out?
Walls
In which men make the decisions
Patriarchal
God of Thunder
Zeus
A polis is...
a city or community
Which main city state in Ancient Greece treated women more poorly
Athens
What two geographic features effected how Ancient Greece developed?
Mountains and seas.
Which city state allowed women more freedoms?
Sparta
God of the Ocean
Poseidon
a temple is...
a place of worship
What did both city states have in common?
Slavery, women being low, same religion and language
What kind of land form is Greece?
A peninsula
What kind of education did boys get in Athens? What did they study?
Reading, writing, math, art, music, physical education
God of Underworld
Hades
a philosopher is...
someone who seeks knowledge
Who were citizens in Athens?
Free Males
What is the Agora?
Public space in Ancient Greece
What would happen to babies in Sparta if they were deemed unfit/weak?
They would be thrown off a cliff and left to die.
God of War
Ares
another name for a labyrinth is
maze
What type of Government did Athens first practice?
Monarchy
Because it was hard to farm, the Greeks became very good at what?
Trading and sailing
Were members of rich families who owned large farms and were politically powerful
Aristocrats
God of Wisdom
Athena
a catastrophe is...
a devastating event
Who were the Arts most important too?
Athens
Greece is made up of a mainland and how many islands?
hundreds
List three ways America is influenced by the Greeks:
Art/Architecture, Democracy, Philosophy/Rational Thinking
Goddess of Love
Aphrodite
peninsula is....
land surrounded by water on three sides
How old do citizens have to be to vote? Even in Ancient Greece
18
List three types of food they grew in Greece
Grapes, wheat, olives, barley
How did Plato influence ethical and political policies in Ancient Greece?
He introduced the idea of rational thinking.
God of Archery and Music
Apollo