Athens Vs. Sparta
These women can vote in this city-state in Ancient Greece.
What is Sparta?
This river flooded each year and left fertile soil that helped Ancient Egypt grow crops.
What is the Nile River?
The beliefs, customs, language, and traditions of a group of people.
What is culture?
A system of government in which citizens vote on laws and leaders.
What is a democracy?
Egyptians wrote using this system of picture symbols.
What are hieroglyphics?
These 18 year old males are considered citizens in this city-state in Ancient Greece.
What is Athens?
These natural barriers helped keep Greek city-states separate and independent.
What are mountains?
A set of moral or religious beliefs.
What is a value or belief system?
A government ruled by one person with total power, often a king or queen.
What is a monarchy?
Ancient Egyptians believed in many gods, making their religion this type.
What is polytheistic?
These women raise their children, but can also participate in sports.
What are Spartan women?
This sea allowed the Greeks to trade with other civilizations and spread their ideas.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
The process of people moving from one place to another.
What is migration?
A government controlled by a small group of powerful people.
What is an oligarchy?
Egyptians used the Nile for transportation, farming, and this economic activity.
What is trade?
What is Sparta?
Civilizations often developed near rivers because rivers provided these two important resources.
What are water and fertile soil?
In Athens, only this group could vote and participate fully in government.
Who were adult male citizens?
Citizens in Athens could participate directly in government, making it a _____ democracy.
What is a direct democracy?
The deserts surrounding Egypt helped protect it from these.
What are invaders/enemies?
These type of slave in Athens and Sparta were captured in war.
What are helots?
The geography of Greece encouraged the development of these independent communities.
What are city-states?
This group made up a large portion of the workforce in Athens but had no political rights.
Who were slaves?
Unlike Athens, Sparta placed greater importance on this than citizen participation.
What is military strength?
The Nile River helped Egyptian farmers by providing this rich soil after floods.
What is fertile soil?