Vocabulary
A Greek city-state
Polis
What form of government did Athens have
direct democracy
The age Spartan boys were taken away from their families to begin military training
7
This side won the Persian Wars
The Greeks
Which form of democracy does the United States have?
representative democracy
someone who writes or performs poems or stories
bard
True or False: Athenian girls could attend school and go wherever they pleased.
False
What skills were the citizens of Sparta best known for?
fighting and/or military skills
This Persian king wanted revenge for his father's defeat at the battle of Marathon
Xerxes I
What is the last letter of the Greek alphabet?
Omega
a group of foot soldiers arranged in close rows
phalanx
To be a citizen, you had to be a free, land-owning, native-born man over the age of...
18
Since Spartan men lived away from home, Spartan women could own
property / land
This race is just over 26 miles long. It's named after a famous battle between the Greeks and the Persians.
marathon
The Minoan civilization developed on the island of...
Crete
a group of people living in a new territory with ties to their homeland
colony
The majority of the work done in Ancient Athens was done by...
slaves
Sparta and other city-states joined forces against which city-state to fight in the Peloponnesian War
Athens
The city-state that the Persians set fire to
Athens
What are two types of geographic features Greece has?
mountains, seas, peninsula
an enslaved person in ancient Sparta
helot
A great leader of Athens who ruled for more than 30 years
Pericles
What did the Persians help Sparta build to be able to defeat Athens at the end of the Peloponnesian War?
navy
The name of the Greek warships that had three tiers of oars and one sail
trireme
A ruler who takes power by force
tyrant