Vocab I
A Greek City-State
Military Housing
Barracks
Who ruled early Greek city-states?
Aristocrats
How many Kings ruled Sparta?
Two
Battle of Marathon
Legal Members of a country or city-state
Citizens
Man responsible for the day-to-day operation of the government in Sparta
Ephor
What is the highest part of a Greek City?
Acropolis
What group of Helots were forced to farm for the Spartans?
Messenians
Greek victory over the Persian navy that ended the Second Persian War
Battle of Salamis
To represent
A new way of doing things
Innovasion
What is the lowest part of a Greek city?
Agora
This battle formation was used by all of Greece, but most effectively by the Spartans.
Phalanx
This battle was between Sparta and Persia, led by King Leonidas and his 300 men
Battle of Thermopylae
A government where citizens hold political power
Democracy
Oligarchy
Greecians built their foundation from the accomplishments of which two societies?
Mesopotamian and Egyptian
Spartan women were expected to be these two things
Strong and Vigorous
Military Alliance led by Athens
Delian League
A society organized for the purpose of waging war
Military State
A foreigner in a Greek City-state
Metic
What were the names of the two poems that Homer wrote about the Trojan War?
Iliad and the Odyssey
What 3 things did Spartan men spend most of their time doing?
Exercising, Hunting, and Training.
Military alliance led by Sparta
Peloponnesian League