Vocabulary
Highest point in every city state
acropolis
Explain the development of city-states.
City-states are independent city. Ancient Greece's city-states all developed around the same time. They all have an agora, an acropolis and their own government system.
Explain the reasons why Democracy worked in Athens.
Democracy is a system where citizens have the right to vote. Athens was a city-state that followed several government systems. Democracy worked for them as it gave people rights such as rights to vote and the rights of speech.
- Becoming king at 20
- Founded Alexanderia in Egypt
- expanded his empire and conquering half of what was known as their world at that time
- Conquered Persia
- Conquered a city in India and named it after his horse.
A place where you can shop, entertain, play sports...etc
Agora
Explain an advantage of an acropolis.
An acropolis is built on a hilltop. Since it is the city's last line of defence, those placed there have an advantage of seeing the whole city. They can also see anyone trying to invade early on to act.
Explain Solon's reforms.
Solon was a reformer who because of, democracy was founded. He improved conditions for the poor by limiting the power of aristocracy and allowing free citizen to pass laws. This allowed people to have more rights and have a say in decisions that affect their city-state.
Alexander's characteristics...
powerful
ambitious
reckless
ruthless
Slaves who were taken from conquered land
Helots
Explain some of the powers that monarchs had.
Monarchy is a government system that is rules by one person, usually a king. A king made and passed laws and punished those who broke them. He also had people pay protection taxes.
Compare & contrast the role of helots in Sparta & Athens.
In both Athens and Sparta, helots belonged to the same class. Helots were seen as the lowest class and didn't have any privileges. Their roles in each city-state was different. In Sparta, they were responsible for farming the land while in Athens, they were owned by their master until death.
“I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well"
Explain what this means
Alexander was taught different things such as Philosophy, Math & Science through Aristotle. The quote means that his father gave him life but it was really Aristotle who mentored him and taught him well.
Land surrounded by 3 bodies of water
Peninsula
Fact- In order to rule, you had to be wealthy. They gave citizens freedom to do what they want but their main goal was that they keep getting wealthier even if the poor will get poorer.
Explain the reason why Sparta developed a military system.
Sparta was known for its powerful military. It developed such a strong military system was that they feared the helots would outnumber them therefore; they made the army the center of everything.
How did Alexander the Great support the people he conquered?
He allowed them to keep their own culture and practice their own beliefs.
A government system where a tyrant overthrows the ruler to be in power
Tyranny
Compare & Contrast a Spartan to Alexander the Great.
Both a spartan and Alexander the Great had a great and ambitious army. Sparta's military kept growing its army; training them to become to most powerful. Alexander used great military tactics and loyal soldiers. Both resulted to great conquests. The difference between them are their expansion. Sparta would fight both internally and didn't make an empire however; Alexander fought to expand his empire stretching it from Persia to India.
Athens was known to be a "culturally rich society'. Can you prove how this is a fact?
Athens valued diversity such as science, philosophy and history.
What happened to his empire after his death.
It turned into 4 kingdoms, Egyptians, Macedonians, Pergamums & Seleucids