Vocab
A Greek city-state
What is a polis
Athens, Sparta, or Both
What is both?
In Athens, who held power over government?
What is male citizens
What was Sparta best known for?
What is military power
What is the Fertile Crescent?
"high city" in Greek; the upper part of an ancient Greek city, where public buildings and the city's defenses were located
What is an acropolis
Trained its boys in math, art, and music
What is Athens
A type of government that allows individual citizens to have a say, works best with small groups
What is direct democracy?
The peninsula where Sparta resided.
What is the Peloponnesian Peninsula
The individual who led the Hebrews out of enslavement from Egypt.
Who is Moses?
Someone that seizes total power and control
What is a tyrant
Believed in many gods and goddesses
What is both
Athens explored this kind of government where wealthy individuals had more power than other citizens.
What is an Aristocracy?
The basis of the Spartan Economy was upheld by these two things.
What is agriculture and conquering
The Persian monotheistic religion.
What is Zoroastrianism?
when political power is held by a small group of people
What is an oligarchy
Killed babies deemed to be weak
What is Sparta
The change from one political organization to the other within Athens is referred to as...
What is the Evolution of Athenian Democracy
Who were the helots?
What is people forced to work as a lowly farmers by Sparta, aka Spartan Slaves.
The man responsible for creating the first written law code in history.
Who is King Hammurabi
A former temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, that was dedicated to the goddess Athena
What is the Parthenon?
Utilized Ephors within their political system
What is Sparta?
These two individuals are known for their involvement in the Tyrannical period of Athens.
Who is Draco & Solon
The age when Spartan boys were taken from their families.
What is 7?
The political philosophy where harsh punishments and total authority are promoted.
What is Legalism?