Vocabulary
The ________ was known as the marketplace in ancient Greece, where people could go to buy and sell goods.
What is the agora?
The Greek mainland is located on this type of geographic feature.
What is a peninsula?
The power to make decisions is in the hands of one person.
What is monarchy?
This city-state's economy was based on farming and conquest.
What is Sparta?
In Athens, citizens met at the ________, which was where they discussed political issues and passed laws.
A leader in ancient Greece was a ________, who was a single ruler who held all of the power.
What is a monarch?
What is true?
The power to make decisions is in the hands of a few people.
What is an oligarchy?
In this city-state, only boys received formal schooling.
What is Athens?
This is a member of a democracy who has certain rights or responsibilities.
What is a citizen?
A ________ was a type of leader who seized power illegally and often used force to rule.
What is a tyrant?
The peninsula that formed the southern part of the Greek mainland was called ________.
What is Peloponnesus?
The power to make decisions is in the hands of one person who is not a lawful ruler.
What is tyranny?
In this city-state, education was based on physical strength and discipline.
What is Sparta?
Athenian citizens could participate in the assembly by doing this.
What is they could stand and speak or discuss political issues and vote on laws?
An ________ is a member of a group of people who ruled a country or empire together and shared power.
What is an oligarch?
The Greeks did not like to travel on land for this reason.
What is they found traveling through the mountains difficult?
The power to make decisions is in the hands of all citizens.
What is democracy?
In this city-state, the woman's influence was mainly in the home and slaves did many types of work.
What is Athens?
If the assembly didn't have enough participants, slaves would be tasked to do this to gather more people.
What is drag a rope covered in paint through the agora that tagged people who were then required to attend the assembly?
A ________ is a member of the most powerful class in ancient Greek society.
What is an aristocrat?
The Greeks established colonies for a variety of reasons. Name one.
What is:
-they wanted to trade?
-they wanted to learn about their neighbors?
-they needed to deal with their growing population and lack of farmland?
Athens had a direct democracy where all citizens could participate and vote on laws. Describe the type of democracy that the United States has today.
What is a representative democracy?
Sparta used heavy iron bars as a currency. Draw a conclusion from this statement.
What is they discouraged trade?
Describe the role of the council in Athenian Democracy.
What is they suggested laws to be discussed at the assembly?