City-State
What is a city-state?
A city that governs itself and its surrounding area.
What was Athens' currency?
Coins
What is Sparta's philosophy?
Closed
What does the word "Mesopotamia" mean?
"The land between two rivers"
Greece is located on what continent?
Europe
What is the Greek name for a city-state?
Polis
List the five subjects Athenians studied.
Reading, writing, math, music, and fitness
At what age did Sparta send boys to military camps?
7
How did the soil become so fertile? (2 part answer)
The snow from the surrounding mountains would melt and heavy rains in the spring
What did Greeks invent that we still celebrate today?
The Olympics
Why did Greek city-states develop independently from one another? (2 part answer)
Mountains and the sea
Why did Athens have a navy?
Because they were located close to the sea.
Why did Sparta decide to use iron bars as money?
Because iron bars were harder to steal
Why did the civilization of Mesopotamia divide into city-states?
Overpopulation
What is the difference between a democracy and an oligarchy?
Democracy is when everyone gets a vote in government; oligarchy is when only a few people are in charge
What are the two effects mountains had on ancient Greece?
1) made farming difficult 2) isolated the territory into valleys
What was Athens' government and what does this term mean?
Democracy - "rule by the people"
What was Sparta's government and what does this term mean?
Oligarchy - small group of people rule
What tool did the people of Mesopotamia invent that allowed them to plant seeds more effectively?
Plow
What was the FIRST civilization called?
Sumer
What is the part of the Greek city-state that is used for trade, political discussions, festivals, and athletic contests?
Agora
True or False. Athens is the capital of Greece today.
TRUE
Why did Sparta train women to fight?
Women were seen as their last line of defense
What was the first writing system called?
Cuneiform
List the five similarities between Athens and Sparta.
believed in many of the same gods, city-states, patron, spoke Greek, and isolated by mountains