Geography
Ancient Greece was not one country, rather...
A group of individual communities
The earliest peoples of Greece were the
Minoans and the Mycenaeans
Democracy
Spartan society was divided into how many groups
three
Socrates served in the _____, the political assembly of citizens
Ecclesia
Mainland Greece forms a
Peninsula
Most city-states who had kings were overthrown and replaced with
oligarchies
rule by a small group only, often based on money
Spartan boys were sent off to military camp at this age
Seven
Socrates believed that the knowledge of the world began with:
One's self.
Athens is located in the northeast part of Greece called
Attica
Spart use slaves called ____ to do all the heavy work in war
Helots
rule by generally a family, representing a dynasty
monarch
Showing this was considered a sign of weakness in Spartan society
Emotion
True or false: Socrates believed that the state was more important than the individual
False
Ancient Greek cities were built by the _____ so that shipping and fishing would be easy
Sparta's oligarchy ruled by how many military generals
Two
rule by one person who has complete control of the government
autocracy
The word spartan means:
self-disciplined or self-restrained
The Athenian government accused Socrates of being a ______, someone who speaks against God.
Heretic
Ancient Greeks believed _______ were made by gods living on top of Mount Olympus
mountains
The word democracy comes from this Greek word
"Demos"
Describe the difference between a representative and direct democracy
RD: People elect leaders to represent them
DD: People have direct control over their government
The government was run by a group of 5 overseers (judges) called
Ephors
Socrates is credited with creating the early form of this way of teaching