Government
Power ruled for the people by the people. People vote.
What is a democracy
A ruler who takes power by force?
What is a Tyrant
What are stories about gods, monsters and heroes that try to explain how the world works?
What is mythology
Who did Greece have to fight to become and empire?
Persia
Government ruled by a king or queen.
What is a Monarchy
The belief in many gods?
What is polytheism
What the Greeks called a city-state?
What is Polis
True or False:
A geographic feature that impacted Greece was the rugged mountains created natural barriers for City-states
True
A type of government where a few wealthy individuals or families hold power.
What is Oligarchy
Land surrounded by water on three sides?
What is a peninsula
The search for knowledge or wisdom?
What is philosophy
How did leaders of a Monarchy get their power?
Power was passed down to the eldest son. (bloodline)
A type of government ruled by one person who often took control by force.
What is a tyranny.
A high hill that housed the fortress of the city-state?
What is an acropolis
A group of people who settle in a new land, maintaining their laws from their homeland.
What is a colony
How did a Tyrant get power?
By force
What type of government do we have in the United States?
What is a Democracy
What do you call a "free" male over the age of 18 who was born in the city-state?
A citizen
What two city-states were involved in the Peloponnesian wars?
Who were Athens and Sparta
How does a Democracy get its power?
Chosen by the people