Vocabulary
Athens
Sparta
Battles
Golden Age & Legacy
100
A government in which several people rule a country or empire together, sharing the power is called a(n)__________________________.
Oligarchy
100
In Athens, proposed laws had to be approved by a large group called the ___________________.
Assembly
100
In Athens, the economy depended on ____________, while in Sparta, the economy depended on _____________.
In Athens, the economy depended on trade, while in Sparta, the economy depended on farming and conquering people.
100
__________ are states that agree to help each other against a common enemy.
Allies
100
Under the leadership of Pericles, Athens entered a _______________, a period of great peace and wealth.
Golden Age
200
A person who seizes power illegally is a(n) _____________.
Tyrant
200
Athenians bought and sold goods at a marketplace called the _____________.
Agora
200
The Spartans turned the neighbors they conquered into slaved called _______________.
Helots
200
The Ionian Revolt, which began in 499 B.C.E., marked the beginning of the __________ Wars.
Greek-Persian
200
The Greeks told colorful stories about the gods, called ______________. __________ was the ruler of the gods.
The Greeks told colorful stories about the gods, called myths. Zeus was the ruler of the gods.
300
Soldiers who ride horses are known as ____________.
Cavalry
300
Athenians believed that producing ______________ was the main purpose of education.
Good citizens
300
In Sparta, the purpose of education was to produce _________________________________.
In Sparta, the purpose of education was to produce men and women who could protect the city-state.
300
In 479 B.C.E., a force of 80,000 Greek troops (led by the Spartans) destroyed the _______________ army.
Persian; This prevented the Persians from conquering all of Europe.
300
After conquering a vast empire, which reached from Macedonia through central Asia and all the way to parts of India, Alexander the Great died of _________________, likely caused by a ________________ bite.
Malaria ; mosquito
400
A member of a democracy, who has certain responsibilities is called a(n) __________________.
Citizen
400
From ages, 6 - _______________ boys went to school. Unlike boys, girls did not learn to __________________.
From ages, 6 - 14 boys went to school. Unlike boys, girls did not learn to read and write.
400
While the Athenian government was a democracy, the Spartan government was a(n) __________________.
Oligarchy
400
At the Battle of Thermopylae, Xerxes chose to cross the ___________________, a narrow sea channel between Europe and Asia.
Hellespont
400
Every four years, the ______________ games were held to honor the god Zeus. During the games, the Greeks called a ____________ from all wars so that athletes could travel safely to the games.
Olympic ; Truce
500
The hill above a Greek city on which temples were built was called the _____________________.
Acropolis
500
An ___________ is the way a community or region organized the manufacture and exchange of money, food, products, and services.
Economy
500
Spartan women had many __________ that other Greek women did not have. They were free to speak to their husband's friends, own and control their own property, and even marry another man if their first husband had been away at war too long.
Rights
500
The Persian Wars encouraged two city-states, ______________ and ______________, to unite against a common enemy.
Athens and Sparta
500
Identify three legacies of Ancient Greece, and explain how they influenced future societies.
Astronomy, Medicine, Language and Literature, Architecture, Understanding of the Human Body, Understanding of Plants and Animals, Mathematics, Geography, Sports, Theater, etc. (SEE CHAPTER 31 for SPECIFIC DETAILS)
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