VOCAB!
What does the word Sparta mean?
The largest Ancient Greek city-state located on the southern peloponnesus.
In ______it was the largest city-state in Greece? (hint:a time period)
700 B.C.
At age ___boys and girls began training?
7
Athens didn't spend very much time and energy in building a strong _____?
army
Girls practiced ________? (name 3)
running, throwing spears and javelins, and played ball games
What does the word Athens mean?
On the peninsula of Attica and northeast of Sparta.
Farmers met at Sparta's _____to discuss business?
Agora
Children were expected to help there _____?A. mother B. Father C. Friends and family D. Grandparents E. None of them
E. None of them (answer was polis)
Most early leaders in Athens belonged to ____families?
noble
Boys were trained to be _____?
soldiers
What does the word democracy mean?
A system of government in which citizens vote to make decisions about the government.
Most of Sparta's farm workers were?
slaves
Which was better Sparta or Athens?
Sparta, Athens, both, or neither
Both
Eventually poor citizens demanded what?
More to say
Boys and girls lives were very ____in Athens? same different alike close
different
What does the word Mount Olympus mean?
The highest mountain in Greece where ancient Greeks believed many gods and goddesses lived.
Sparta had more _____than_____? (hint:this one is a bit harder)
slaves than city-states
true or false: boys would practice wrestling and sports at the gym before going home?
FALSE boys practiced wrestling and boxing.
nobles were forced to what?
share some power with citizens
our ideas in democracy i the U.S. are connected to _______? (place)
Ancient Greece
What does the word acropolis mean?
A large hill in Ancient Greece where city residents sought shelter and safety in times of war and met to discuss community affairs.
In _____ Sparta's slaves revolted?
600B.C.
Athenian girls did not practice _____they stayed home to help their ____?
sports,mothers
The word democracy combines to words meaning _____?
Athens was governed by a or an_____?
oligarchy