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Types of Govt
Athens & Sparta
100

tales described by the ancient greeks to explain the universe and human nature

what are myths

100

a person who is legally recognized as a member or subject of a country or state

What is a citizen
100

in Ancient Athens, to send a person away from the city; today it means to shun or ignore

What is ostracize

100

A government led by a king or queen

what is a monarchy

100
To be a citizen in Athens you had to:

Be 18 years or older, male, son of 2 athenian parents, not enslaved

200

a group of people from the upper class or nobility who helped govern Sparta

Aristocratic council

200
A city that is an independent political state with its own ruling government 

what is a city-state

200

the study of ways of thinking and making well reasoned arguments

What is logic 
200

a government controlled by a small group of people made up of the aristocratic and wealthly non aristocratic families

what is an oligarchy

200

The education in Athens focused on :

logic, reading, writing, arithmatic, music and only 2 years of military training

300

a peninsula in southwestern Asia; today most of this is the country of Turkey

What is Asia Minor

300

illegal or dishonest behavior; often by people in power

what is corruption

300

the skill of using words effectively in speaking or writing

what is rhetoric 

300

 a type of government in which one person illegally seizes all power, usually ruling in a harsh way; a dictatorship

What is tyranny

300

The education in Sparta focused on: 

future soldiers; treated harshly

began military training at 7 years old

from birth they were told if they were strong or weak to survive


400

A group of people in ancient Greece, They made laws

What is the assembly

400

a long poem that tells the story of a hero's adventures

What is an epic poem

400

a group of people who listen to information presented during a trial

What is a jury 
400
The upper or nobel class whose members status is usually inherited

what is aristocracy

400

Name the major greek gods and goddesses 

Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Hestia, Demeter, Aphrodite, Athena, Ares, Artemis, Apollo, and Dionysus

500

buildings where soldiers lived; In Sparta as early as 7

What are barracks
500
cut off from the seacoast; surrounded by land; this was Sparta
What is landlocked
500

a group of soldiers who attack in a close formation with their spears pointed forward

what is phalanx 

500
in this government, male citizens ruled and made decisions in Ancient Greece; modern times has citizens choose the leaders to vote

what is a democracy

500

What were some of the ways the citizens engaged in the democracy in Athens?

-participated as jury memebers

- voted in assembly