Geography
80% of Greece is made up of...
mountains
True or False: Athens built many beautiful buildings
True
The lowest group in Spartan society was the
helots
The basic unit of government in Greece was the
city-state
the center of city life in Greece was the
agora
The highest mountain in Greece, gods were believed to have lived there
Mount Olympus
True or False: Athens people were NOT skilled sailors and traders
False
True or False Sparta was a military/ warlike city state-
True
ruled by the upper class
aristocracy
The goddess who protected Athens was
Athena
a short story that usually involves animals and teachers a moral (lesson)
fable
True or False: In Athens, new ideas were encouraged
True
Sparta's main goal was to build and keep a strong ____________
army
a government in which all citizens can make political decisions.
democracy
The Illiad is about the
Trojan War: the attack of Troy by the Greeks
The sea to the south of Greece
Mediterranean Sea
In Athens, freedom and ________ were cherished
a. barracks
b. knowledge
c. military
b.knowledge
Sparta had a harsh code of _______
laws
the earliest form of government
monarchy
many Greek fables were written down by
Aesops
a piece of land that is surrounded on three sides by water
peninsula
True or False: all people in Athens could vote
False
True or False: Boys went to train for the military at the age of 6
False
when a few people rule who were wealthy or land owners.
oligarchy
Who was the ruler of the Greek Gods
Zeus