Vocab 1
Geography of Greece
Life in Ancient Greece
City-State and Democracy
Sparta and Athens
100
What is democracy?
A government that allows people to take part in political reasoning.
100
What was the most important city of the first Greek civilization?
Mycenae.
100
Where did the Greeks believe the Gods lived?
Mount Olympus.
100
What is a political unit made up of a city and it's surrounding states?
a City-state.
100
People who were defeated by Sparta and were forced to give Sparta half of their crops were what?
Helots.
200
What is a body of land that is surrounded by water on three sides?
Peninsula.
200
What was a large sea that is south of Greece
Mediterranean.
200
Who was the protector of Athens?
Athena.
200
What was the center of city life?
Agora.
200
Buildings that served as housing for boys being trained in the military were what?
Barracks.
300
What is an Alphabet?
A series of letters that are representing sounds.
300
What was one of the surplus goods that Greece traded?
Olive oil.
300
The story of Prometheus provides an explanation for how humans came to have what?
Fire.
300
What was the earliest form of government in Greece?
Monarchy.
300
Type of Government that developed in Athens over time was what?
A Direct Democracy.
400
What is it when it is broken down or ended suddenly?
Collapsed.
400
What was a small sea that was east of Greece?
Aegean.
400
The Olympic games were held every four years to honor who?
Zues.
400
What was an acropolis?
A fortified hilltop.
400
The plain from which a runner ran to Athens to tell of the Greek victory over the Persians?
Marathon.
500
Who were the Phoenicians?
People of Southwest Asia who began to trade around 1100 B.C.
500
What were metal objects invented in Anatolia about 650 B.C. for use in trade?
Coins.
500
What is a short story that usually involves animals and teaches a moral lesson?
A Fable.
500
In what way was Athens democracy limited?
Only free men were citizens.
500
How was Sparta's government structured?
Part Monarchy, part oligarchy, and part democracy.
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