Vocabulary
Development of Democracy
Daily Life in Ancient Greece
Comparing Athens and Sparta
Alexander the Great
100
a form of government in which people govern themselves
What is democracy
100
the form of government which the ruling power is in the hands of one person
What is a monarchy
100
The place where Athenians bought and sold goods, gossiped, and learned the news.
What is the agora or marketplace
100
This is the city state that held beauty to the highest value when it came to learning and arts.
What is Athens
100
This was the reason Alexander came to power succeeding his father King Philip.
What is his father's assassination.
200
a public meeting place and market in ancient Greece.
What is an agora
200
a form of government where the person seizes power by force
What is tyranny
200
These were sometimes foreigners who assisted artisans, worked in mines or farms, or served in households
Who are slaves
200
to raise little soldier boys, able to own land and take part in business
What is the role of women in Sparta
200
This was the number of years that Alexander ruled.
What is 13 years.
300
a widespread sickness
What is a plague
300
This form of government lost faith of its supporters because they could not solve problems such as food shortages.
What is oligarchy
300
They ran the home and family but were not allowed to own property.
Who were women of Athens
300
This was the way of life for the people of Sparta.
What is a military state or constant readiness for war.
300
Alexander the Great never lost a battle including many in Persia where he faced the Persian armies many times larger than his. When he conquered a new land he would...
What is blend his Greek customs with the conquered ones.
400
to murder for political reasons
What is to assassinate
400
The form of government where all male citizens in Athens could particpate in.
What is democracy
400
Most greeks throughout Greece believed that their gods were
What is immortal
400
Spartans staged this strategy in which they surrounded and closed the harbor where Athens received food shipments.
What is a blockade.
400
This was the city where Alexander conquered and was made a pharaoh.
What is Alexandria, Egypt.
500
an uncivilized person
What is a barbarian
500
During the Golden Age of Greece this person introduced reforms in Athens that introduced democracy. The most important change was to have the city pay salaries to officials.
Who is Pericles
500
because of the geography of ancient Greece with its mountains, rocky coastlines and islands the ____ ______ developed many different customs or beliefs
What is city states
500
This was a war between Sparta and Athens that began in 431 BC and lasted for 27 years. Sparta eventually won the war and Athens would never again dominate the Greek World.
What is the Peloponnesian War
500
Hellenistic cities were centers of learning. Math and Science flourished there. Euclid developed Geometry. Eratosthenes calculated the distance around the earth. This person discovered that pulleys and levers can be used to live heavy objects and make work easier.
Who is Archimedes.