Ancient Greece Vocabulary
A belief in many gods or goddesses
What is polytheism?
(Polytheistic)
Sparta was organized as a military state in fear of this
What is helots?
What is land surrounded by water on three sides called?
A peninsula.
Sparta and other city-states developed this alliance
What is the Peloponnesian League?
A belief in only one God
What is monotheism?
The Greek city-states have in common
What are the same religion and same language.
Since Ancient Greece didn't have a major river for resources, what did the sea provide for them?
Trade & travel.
Athens and other city states formed this alliance
What is the Delian League?
A government run by the people who vote:
What is democracy?
They were considered citizens in Athens
What are free males born in Greece?
What made farming difficult in Greece?
There were only a few rivers and the soil was rocky.
What did the teacher Socrates try and get people to do?
Think for themselves and question the way things are.
The type of government with one king like the one Corinth had
What is a Monarchy?
The type of Government did Athens practiced
What is democracy?
What continent is Greece on?
Europe
A government run by two or more leaders who are usually rich business owners or Kings.
What is an oligarchy
Who were the Arts most important to?
Athens
What was the staple crop in Ancient Greece?
Olives
A democracy where people vote directly on decisions:
What is a Direct Democracy?
Who was allowed to partake in education in Athens?
Only Males
How did Greece's mountains and valleys affect life there?
It provided isolation from others and also protection because it was hard to travel through.
The building on the Acropolis that's the temple to Athena:
What is the Parthenon?
What was Sparta's main value/focus?
The military/ war.
Who was the biggest enemy of Ancient Greece?
Persians
What type of government did Sparta have?
Oligarchy
(Two kings)