Government
Maps/Notes
Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Athens vs Sparta
100

This type of government is for the people and by the people.

Democracy

100

What is a penninsula? Can you name one?

A landform with water on three sides. Greece

100

A ____________ is a city surrounded by smaller villages.

city state

100

What is a Helot?

A slave in Sparta.

100

What were the governments of Athens and Sparta?

Democracy/Oligarchy

200

_______________ is a form of government in which the ruling power is in the hands of a single person.  (Usually a king with the help of a council).

Monarchy

200

What was the oldest civilization in Greece (an island) and who was its leader?

Minoan (Crete)

King Minos

200

A form of government where the rich, wealthy or privilaged ruled.

aristicracy

200

Aegean, Ionian and Mediteranean are all what?

Seas

200

This city state did not believe in travel or trade.

Sparta

300

____________ is a form of government in which the ruling power is in the hands of a few leaders.

Oligarchy

300

A blind poet that would write epics to share with his community.

Homer

300

An __________ is also known as a meeting of people.

assembly
300

A hill on which the people in a Greek city built their main temple.

acropolis

300

____________ was a city state that made military a number one priorty.

Sparta

400

A _________________ is a form of government in which the ruling power is in the hands of an individual that has seized control, often by illegal means.

Tyranny

400

What is a god or goddess?

super natural beings, the basis of everyday understanding.

Greek mythology- religion

400

The Greek name for city state.

polis

400

Having the characteristics of a hero or being brave is also known as _________________ (the Avengers)?

herioc

400

First city state to allow people to allow multiple different social classes to participate in government.

Athens

500

Where did democracy originate? What country has a democratic government?

Athens

The United States.

500

Greece is on a penninsula and is very rocky- what effect did this have on its history?

agriculture, trade, travel, conquests etc...

500

A ruler that rules by for not law.

A tyrant

500

A war between Troy and Greece over the love of a beautiful woman.

Trojan War

500

Which city state would you rather live in Athens or Sparta? Why?

Answers may vary...