Geography of Ancient Greece
Life in Ancient Greece
The City-State and Democracy
Sparta and Athens
Vocabulary
100
Greece had a ________ terrain A) Lush B) Fertile C) Mountainous
C) Mountainous
100
Where did all the major gods live?
Mount Olympus
100
What is the Greek word for city-state?
Polis
100
Sparta and Athens were the two ___________ city states
largest
100
A city and its surrounding lands
A city state
200
What were the temperatures in Winter and Summer in Greece?
Winter=50 F Summer =80 F
200
Which god protected Athens?
Athena
200
About how many people lived in each city-state?
Fewer that 20,000
200
According to legend, a runner ran 25 miles from _______ to________ to tell of Greek victory and died.
Marathon, Athens
200
Enslaved people of Sparta
Helots
300
What was the agriculture of Greece?
The land was rocky and good for farming.
300
What are Odyssey and Iliad examples of?
epics
300
What was the center of city life called?
agora
300
Which battle did the Persians win?
Thermopylae
300
Houses where boys moved to train in the military.
barracks
400
What were two of Greece's most important natural resources?
Plentiful stone for building and good sites for harbors.
400
What was Athena the goddess of?
Wisdom
400
What does Aristocracy mean?
Rule by the upper class.
400
Where did the Spartans guard the pass?
Thermopylae
400
To send someone away for ten years
Ostracize
500
Where were coins originally invented?
Anatolia
500
Who where the Olympics held for?
Zeus
500
What was a fortified hill?
Acropolis
500
How long did male citizens serve in the army in Sparta?
20-60, or 40 years.
500
What was a person who took rule illegally?
Tryant
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