Government
What makes Greek cities different from one another?
What are Laws, army, and currency.
These two Greek city-states had very different governments and ways of life—one focused on trade and culture, the other on military strength.
Athens focused on trade & culture
Sparta focused on military strength
In 480 B.C.E., during the Greco-Persian Wars, the Persians did this to Athens after defeating the Greeks at Thermopylae.
What is burned Athens to the ground?
The English word “alphabet” is derived from the names of these first two letters of the Greek alphabet.
The English word “alphabet” is derived from the names of these first two letters of the Greek alphabet.
Question: What are alpha and beta?
He was the king of the gods and ruler of Mount Olympus, known for wielding thunderbolts.
Who is Zeus
This form of government placed all governing power in the hands of one individual, usually a king.
What is a Monarchy
Athens’ location near this body of water helped it become a major trading city.
What is the Aagean Sea?
From 460 to 429 B.C.E., he was the leader of Athens who directed the rebuilding of the city and promoted democracy.
Who is Pericles?
Known as the “father of medicine,” this Greek doctor taught that diseases have natural causes and created principles still used by doctors today.
Who is Hippocrates?
This god of the sea carried a trident and could cause storms and earthquakes.
Who is Poseidon?
This type of government, first developed in Athens, allowed all citizens (excluding women and enslaved people) to vote on laws.
In Sparta, boys began their military training at this age.
What is age 7?
This famous temple in Athens was built under Pericles’ leadership and is located on the acropolis.
What is the Parthenon?
Known as the “father of history,” this Greek historian wrote History of the Peloponnesian War and focused on presenting facts rather than opinions.
Who is Thucydides?
She was the queen of the gods and the wife of Zeus, often associated with marriage and family.
Who is Hera?
By this year, very few Greek city-states were still ruled by kings.
800 B.C.E
Which city-states economy relied on farming and conquest?
What is Sparta?
While Athens had grand public buildings, most people lived in these types of small, simple homes made of mud bricks.
What are one-story houses?
Greek medical students discovered that this organ pumps blood throughout the body, and that this organ controls the nervous system.
What are the heart and the brain?
The god of war, he represented the violent and aggressive side of battle.
Who is Ares?
These wealthy landowning men advised Greek kings and eventually took power from them.
What are Aristocrats?
This group in Sparta was relied upon to farm the land and provide for many needs while citizens focused on military service.
What are enslaved people/helots?
The Greeks used these three styles of columns in their temples, ranging from simple to elaborate, with names like Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian.
What are the styles of Greek columns?
This branch of math, whose name comes from a Greek word meaning “to measure land,” helped the Greeks solve problems like measuring fields and designing cities.
What is geometry?
The home of the twelve most important Greek gods and goddesses, who were believed to control different parts of life.
What is Mount Olympus?