Historical Background
Early Greeks brought this writing system back with them when they traded with the Phoenicians.
What is the alphabet?
Greece's mainland is this kind of landform, which is surrounded by water on three sides.
What is a peninsula?
To cope with an expanding population, Greeks established these new settlements with close ties to their homeland.
What are territories?
This half of the population could not vote.
What are women?
Spartan society was centered around this.
What is military/war/fighting?
Under the rule of the Dorians, Greece experienced this time period where trade slowed down, and people only made enough food to feed their families.
What is a Dark Age?
This is what Greek city-states are called.
What is a polis?
This is a person with rights and responsibilities in a society.
What is a citizen?
The goal of Athenian education was to be able to do this.
What is articulate their beliefs and reasoning? (Public Speaking)
Spartan men lived here until age 30.
What are military camps/ barracks?
This is where the Greeks believed that 12 of the Greek Gods lived.
What is Mount Olympus?
This is the marketplace that surrounds the central hill of the city-state.
What is an agora?
In this form of government, all citizens share in running the government.
What is a democracy?
Athens is considered the birthplace of this.
What is democracy?
Spartan women trained in these activities.
What are boxing, gymnastics, and wrestling?
This was the first group of people to inhabit Greece.
Who are the Minoans?
These landforms cover about 75% of Greece creating rocky soil and making farming difficult in Greece.
What are mountains?
This type of leader seized power from the nobles, and ruled Greek city-states on their own.
What are tyrants?
Athens used this to select members to be a part of the Council of 500. (Hint: All Athenians were considered capable of being on the Council.)
What is the lottery?
These two members of Sparta's oligarchy had very little power.
Who are kings?
The Mycenaeans defeated the Minoans for control of Greece, but their power quickly declined because they fought so often with this group of people.
Who are the Mycenaeans (or themselves)?
This central hill housed the city-states temple and fort.
What is an acropolis?
In this form of government, a small group of wealthy people is in charge of the government.
What is an oligarchy?
Who is the Parthenon?
What are iron bars?