Vocabulary
A Greek city-state
Polis
Persian king who conquered Mesopotamia, Syria, Judah, and Anotolia
Cyrus
War
What are 3 subjects Athenian boys learned in school?
Government in which a small group has control
Oligarchy
A gathering place or marketplace in ancient Greece
Agora
Persian king who divided the Empire in to provinces called satrapis - he was also angry at Athens for helping Anatolia rebel.
Darius 1
Boys left home to start their military training at what age?
Age 7
What did girls in Athens learn?
Spinning, weaving, running a household, sometimes music, reading and writing
Direct democracy
Enslaved people in Sparta
Helots
Who won the battle at Marathon - the Greeks or the Persians?
Greeks
Women of Sparta were expected to do what?
Raise sons for the military
Which merchant paid off farmers' debts in Athens?
Solon
A form of democracy in which citizens elect officials to govern on their behalf
Representative democraxy
A Persian religion based on the belief in one God and founded by religious teacher Zoroaster
Zoroastrianism
What was the name of Darius I son, who attacked Greece to avenge his father?
Xerxes
What was one of the 2 reasons Spartans would get a grave stone when they died?
Died in battle, or died giving birth to a son
Which groups of people could not participate in the government?
Women, foreign born men, and enslaved people
A high ranking government official in Sparta who was elected by the council of elders
Ephor
A province in ancient Persia
Satrapy
Who won the battle of Thermopylae - the Persians or the Greeks?
Persians
People could leave Sparta only for what purpose?
Military purposes.
Name 1 of the two tyrants who ruled Athens?
Peisistratus an and Cleisthenes
Who did the Greeks prefer to rule them - nobles or tyrants?
Tyrants, because they ruled fairly