Ancient Greece 1
Ancient Greece 2
The Silk Road
Characteristics of Empires
100

Ancient Greece is located in the Mediterranean Sea. 


True or false?

True!

100

What is democracy?

When people participate in their government. 

100

What was the Silk Road?

A trade route that existed from Asia to Europe. 
100

True or false:

Empires have all of the characteristics of a civilization. 

True 

200
The geography of Ancient Greece was primarily flat.


True or false?

False- they had a lot of mountains!

200

What is a city-state?

When a city and its surrounding territory forms a state. 
200

What are two things that were traded along the Silk Road?

Silk, ideas, culture, etc. 

200

In which of the ways are empires different than civilizations?

a. Size

b. Growth

c. Government

d. All of the above

All of them!

300

Give the names of two Greek city-staes.

Athens and Sparta. 
300

List 3 accomplishments of the Greeks. 

Olympics, democracy, architecture, and so much more!

300

Why was trade important in empires?

It gave empires goods that they did not have access to, gave a place for empires to trade their goods. 
300

What does it mean when an empire is a different size than a civilization?

They physical territory they have is larger as well as the population of people in the empire. 

400

Why did the Greeks all develop different characteristics from one another?

They were separated geographically, so they each developed their own way of doing things. 

400

What is democracy?

When people participate in their government. 

400

How was the Silk Road and Phoenician trade routes similar? How were they different?

Similar-both trade routes. 

Different- One was land based, the other was sea based. 

400
What does it mean when empires grow differently than civilizations?

They grow and fall at a more rapid rate than civilizations. 

500

What was a polis?

A Greek city-state.

500
How did Alexander the Great influence Ancient Greece?

He helped to conquer more territory and expand the empire. 

500

The Silk Road contributed to cultural diffusion?


True or false

True

500

How are empires governed differently that in civilizations? *Hint- think about the types of government present in Greece v. Mesopotamia. 

They are based less off of social structure and have a more strict basis.