Vocabulary
Geography and Government
Athens and Sparta
Culture and Mind
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100
A gathering place/market place in ancient Greece
What is an agora?
100
Land surrounded by water on 3 sides.
What is a peninsula?
100
The Athenians practiced this form of government.
What is a democracy?
100
The chief god to the ancient Greeks.
Who is Zeus?
100
Women were allowed to own land in which city-state?
What is Sparta?
200
Greek word for city-state.
What is a polis?
200
Describe the terrain (land) in Greece
What is rugged and mountainous?
200
The Spartans practiced this form of government.
What is an oligarchy?
200
The 12 most important gods lived on this mountain according to the ancient Greeks.
What is Mt. Olympus?
200
The empire which began to decline after its defeat by Greece.
What is the Persians?
300
An unjust ruler.
What is a tyrant?
300
A government by the people.
What is a democracy?
300
This group was responsible for introducing laws and running the city in Athens.
What is the Athenian Assembly?
300
A priest or priestess who Greeks visited to find out the future.
What is an oracle?
300
The Greeks created a new body of knowledge called ____________.
What is philosophy?
400
A government in which a small group has control (usuallya few wealthy people)
What is an oligarchy?
400
Who could become a citizen in Athens?
Who are free land owning males?
400
In which city state were boys obligated to join the military.
What is Sparta?
400
Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle were all __________.
What is philosophers?
400
This leader is credited for re-building Athens and began a period known as the Golden Age
Who is Pericles?
500
A group of armed foot soldiers in ancient Greece arranged close together in rows.
What is a phalanx?
500
A form of democracy in which citizens elect officials to govern on their behalf. Provide a modern day example!
What is a representative democracy?
500
The main governing body in Athens.
What is the Athenian Assembly?
500
This philosopher developed a way of teaching through asking questions and was accused of corrupting the youth.
Who is Socrates?
500
What are the 3 branches of government in the United States and the role of each branch.
What is legislative (makes laws), judicial (interprets laws), executive (enforces/carries out laws)?
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