Vocab 1
Greek city-state.
Polis
Art and practice of government.
Politics
Ownership and control of other people as property.
Slavery
Politics is the practice of?
Government.
Who were the only people who held legal rights in a Greek city-state?
Citizens.
Man responsible for the day-to-day operation of the government in Sparta
Ephor
military housing.
Barracks
Who is playing in the super bowl?
Chiefs and Eagles
Where did Spartan boys live?
In barracks
Who ran a tyranny?
A single ruler.
Unjust use of power, or in ancient Greece a government run by a strong ruler.
Tyranny
“High city” in Greek; the upper part of an ancient Greek city, where public buildings and the city’s defenses were located.
Acropolis
Who won the first super bowl?
Green Bay Packers
What were the main political units in ancient Greece?
The polis.
In Sparta, who could limit the power of the council of elders?
Ephors
hereditary class of rulers, Greek for “rule by the best people”
Aristocracy
Messenian person forced to work as a lowly farmer by Sparta
Helot
Leaders of early Greek oligarchies made laws that likely favored people of which social status?
The rich
Who held the highest status in ancient Greece?
Aristocrats.
Why didn't Metics enjoy full rights of citizens?
They were aliens.
Government in which citizens take part directly in the day-to-day affairs of government.
Direct democracy
Government in which a small group of people rule.
Oligarchy
Democracy in which people elect representatives to make the nation’s laws.
Representative democracy
How did Sparta’s rigid society affect the lives of women?
Men were forced to live away from home, so women had more responsibilities at home.
How did the assembly provide Athenians with a direct role in government decisions?
It voted on laws. Made foreign policy, and had members that served in the boule.