Main political unit in ancient Greece
Polis
Tenant farmers worked on
Other peoples land
Phalanx was composed of
Foot soldiers
Where did Spartan boys live
In barracks
Membership in a community
Citizenship
People who held legal rights in a Greek city-state
Citizens
Slavery is the ownership of
People
Government where citizens elect people to make decisions on there behalf
Representative democracy
Spartans valued
Fitting in
Conquest is the process of gaining more land/resources through
Force
Politics is the practice of
Government
Held the highest status in ancient Greece
Aristocrats
Under democracy, who held power over government
Male citizens
The status of the helots was a result of
Conquest
Wrote the Iliad and Odyssey
Homer
Government buildings of ancient greek communities were located where
On the acropolis
Metics did not enjoy the full rights of citizens because
They were foreigners
Who ran a tyranny
Single ruler
Sparta was a military state because they feared
Messenians
Political power is held by a small group of people in this type of government
Oligarchy
The aristocracy got its power through
Birth
In ancient Greece, migration was a solution to the problem of
Overpopulation
Oligarchies made laws that favored the
Rich
Could limit the power of the council of elders
Ephors
Society organized for the purpose of waging war
Military state