Background
Athens
Sparta
Causes
Downfall of Athens
100
Greece was divided into many of them
What are poleis or city-states?
100
Type of government practiced in Athens
What is democracy?
100
Type of government practiced in Sparta
What is Oligarchy?
100
They had the most powerful navy
What is Athens?
100
1st order of Pericles to his citizens
What is to get behind the walls of Athens for protection?
200
People gathered here to visit and discuss the latest news
What is the agora?
200
Name for law making body of Athens
What is the Assembly?
200
Spartans feared revolt by these
What are helots?
200
They had the most powerful army
What is Sparta?
200
What ships from Black Sea brought to Athens
What is plague?
300
This polis was interested in art, literature, science and philosophy
What is Athens?
300
This league controlled the eastern Mediterranean
What is the Delian League?
300
This league controlled western Mediterranean
What is the Peloponnesian League?
300
After the Persian War states were no longer able to do this
What is unite?
300
Why plague caused many deaths, including that of Pericles
What is overcrowded, unsanitary conditions spread plague quickly, killing thousands
400
This polis stressed military training for boys and men
What is Sparta?
400
This freedom allowed Athenians to criticize public officials
What is freedom of speech?
400
Age when a Spartan youth began military training
What is 7?
400
What the Delian League wanted to do which angered Sparta
What is expand into the Peloponnesian territory of western Mediterranean?
400
2nd major event that caused Athens' downfall
What is disastrous attack by Athens on the island of Sicily which was controlled by Peloponnesian League
500
Main reason poleis never united into one strong country
What is they were separated by mountains?
500
The group in Athens which decided if a person was guilty or not guilty following a court trial
What is a jury?
500
Men between 20-30 who kept the helots under control in Sparta
Who were cadets?
500
Length of time for the Peloponnesian War
What is 27 years?
500
3rd major event causing downfall of Athens (2 part)
What is Sparta enlisted aid from Persia for a fleet of ships. Sparta laid siege to Athens, starving her citizens until they surrendered?
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