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What is a polis?
A polis is a small city-state
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What is an Oligarchy? What is a Monarchy?
An Oligarchy is a government in which olny a few people have power. A Monarchy is where a ruler inherits power, usually passed leadership onto his son.
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What is a myth?
A myth is an attempt to explain why natural or historical events happened.
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How did Alexander the Great work to unify his empire?
Alexander respected the beliefs of many different people.
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Compare and Contrast the military training that a boy got in Athens and Sparta.
Sparta - a boy was trained to a soldier from the age of 7 until the age of 60. Athens - all men in Athens joined the army for only two years.
200
Why did the Greeks create city-states?
The Greeks created city-states to combine small groups of people for protections and stability.
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What is a Democracy? Who was Pericles?
A Democracy is a type of government in which people rule themselves "rule of the peole" Pericles was a leader in Athens when Democracy reached its peak.
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The ancient Greeks worshiped the sea god Poseidon, what does this tell you about Greek civilization?
The Greeks relied on the sea for travel and trade.
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What specific examples of Greek influence might a visitor notice in one Alexander the Great's cities (within his empire)?
an agora, a temple, a theater, and a university
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Compare and Contrast the women in Athens and Sparta.
Sparta - women could own property. Athens - very few girls received an education, women couldn't buy things or own property, they couldn't leave their homes, except on special occasions.
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What was the agora?
The agora was a marketplace in a city-state.
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How are kings and tyrants different?
Kings inherits power. Tyrants seize (take) power.
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How did the Greeks apply the Iliad and the Odyssey in everydy life?
The Greeks applied the Iliad and the Odyssey to everyday life by trying to follow the examples of the great heroes in the stories.
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What two areas did the Greeks make major contibutions to?
Language and government
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Compare and Contrast the education in Athens and Sparta.
Sparta - boys and girls got military training Athens - boys from wealthy families were taught how to read, speak, write, and think properly. Boys from poor families became farmers.
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What activities took place in the agora?
Greeks bought and sold goods. Greeks held political meetings. Greeks held religious gatherings.
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In Athens who could speak/participate in the Assembly?
Only free men could speak or participate in the Assembly.
400
How have the great myths created in Ancient Greece influenced the way we live today?
Sports teams are named after figures in Greek mythology, we use words and phrases from myths, myths influence literature, art, and films.
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What was the cause of the Peloponnesian Wars?
Greek cities feared Athens would control Greece.
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What is a representative democracy?
A Representative Democracy is where citizens elect officals to make the laws.
500
Describe the geography of Greece and explain how it impacted life for early Greeks.
Greece was mountainous peninsula. Greeks lived in isolated communities (city-states) instead of united country. Greeks grew olives rather than wheat. Greek s raised sheep rather than cattle.
500
How was the form of democracy in Ancient Greece different from our current democractic government?
Voting in Athens took place on broken pieces of pottery.
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Compare and Contrast the city-states of Athens and Sparta.
Sparta - focused on and organized around the military, so all training and education supported the military. Athens - thought the mind and the body should be trained, so education, clear thinking, and the arts were valued.
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What was the effect of the Peloponnesian Wars?
Sparta became the most powerful city-state in Greece.
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How were Mycenaeans different from Minoans.
The Mycenaeans lived on the Greek mainland and were the first to speak Greek. The Minoans lived on the island of Crete.