Geography
Greece is a __________, land surrounded by water on three sides.
What is a peninsula?
A Greek city-state with its own government and traditions.
What is a polis?
Athens focused on this system where citizens voted on laws.
What is democracy?
Goods sent out to other places for trade are called __________.
What are exports?
An alliance of Greek city-states.
What is a league?
These landforms made travel difficult and caused city-states to be isolated.
What are mountains?
This was the marketplace and meeting area of a Greek city-state.
What is the agora?
Sparta was ruled by a small group of leaders, known as an __________.
What is an oligarchy?
Goods brought into a city-state are called __________.
What are imports?
A government ruled by the people through voting.
What is democracy?
This sea helped Greeks trade with other civilizations.
What is the Aegean Sea?
This fortified hill held temples and important buildings.
What is the acropolis?
Spartan boys began military training at this age.
What is age 7?
This made trade faster and more consistent in Greek city-states.
What is currency (coins)?
A group of citizens who met to make decisions in Athens.
What is the assembly?
Because Greece had little farmland, city-states relied heavily on this.
What is trade?
The requirements to be a citizen.
What is being a free man born in a city state?
This group farmed the land for Spartan citizens.
Who are helots?
Name two items Athens exported.
What is olive oil / pottery / wine?
A government ruled by a few powerful leaders.
What is an oligarchy?
Geography helped prevent Greece from becoming one united empire because city-states developed __________.
What is independently?
This group lived and worked in Greek city-states but had no citizenship rights.
Who are foreigners (metics)?
Athens relied on this type of military force, while Sparta relied on land armies.
What is a navy?
Sparta discouraged trade to stay focused on __________.
What is military strength?
The main gods who lived on Mount Olympus.
Who are the Olympians?