Government
This type of government is for the people and by the people.
Democracy
What is a penninsula? Can you name one?
A landform with water on three sides. Greece
A ____________ is a city surrounded by smaller villages.
city state
What is a Helot?
A slave in Sparta.
What were the governments of Athens and Sparta?
Democracy/Oligarchy
_______________ 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
What was the oldest civilization in Greece (an island) and who was its leader?
Minoan (Crete)
King Minos
A form of government where the rich, wealthy or privilaged ruled.
aristicracy
Aegean, Ionian and Mediteranean are all what?
Seas
This city state did not believe in travel or trade.
Sparta
____________ is a form of government in which the ruling power is in the hands of a few leaders.
Oligarchy
A blind poet that would write epics to share with his community.
Homer
An __________ is also known as a meeting of people.
A hill on which the people in a Greek city built their main temple.
acropolis
____________ was a city state that made military a number one priorty.
Sparta
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
What is a god or goddess?
super natural beings, the basis of everyday understanding.
Greek mythology- religion
The Greek name for city state.
polis
Having the characteristics of a hero or being brave is also known as _________________ (the Avengers)?
herioc
First city state to allow people to allow multiple different social classes to participate in government.
Athens
Where did democracy originate? What country has a democratic government?
Athens
The United States.
Greece is on a penninsula and is very rocky- what effect did this have on its history?
agriculture, trade, travel, conquests etc...
A ruler that rules by for not law.
A tyrant
A war between Troy and Greece over the love of a beautiful woman.
Trojan War
Which city state would you rather live in Athens or Sparta? Why?
Answers may vary...