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Vocabulary
Athens and Sparta
Wars
Government
Legacy of Greece
100

A city-state; a small independent community or government to help make decisions and improve your society

What is a polis?

100

The only people who could be educated in Athens?

What are boys?

100

The rival empire that Alexander the Great conquered?

What is Persia?

100

Greece (Athens, in particular) is the birthplace of this form of government, that the United States uses today.

What is democracy?

100
A large athletic competition, involving many sports, born in Ancient Greece, in which many city-states participated. It developed into the biggest international athletic competition in the world today.
What are the Olympics?
200

a government in which the ruling power is in the hands of one person

What is a monarchy?

200
The type of education that men and women received in Sparta.

What is military training?

200

The period of time in Athens that came after the Persian wars?

What is the Golden Age of Greece?

200

Two groups of people that did *not* have the right to vote

What are women and slaves?

200
The Greek author who wrote the 'Odyssey' and the 'Iliad.'

Who was Homer?

300
A form of government in which the ruling power is in the hands of one person who is *not* the lawful king or queen, where that power is usually taken by force.
What is Tyranny?
300

The type of economy Athens was based on?

What is trade?

300

Athens and Sparta united during this was to stop a foreign empire from taking control of Greece.

What is the Greco-Persian Wars?

300

A type of government that was ruled by the few rich and powerful people.

What is an oligarchy?

300
Comedy and Tragedy are two types of this important creation from Ancient Greece.

What is drama?

400

A formal document that clearly explains how the government is organizaed

What is a written constitution?

400

The type of economy Sparta was based on?

What is farming and conquering?

400
The war that allowed the Macedonians to take over Greece.

What is the Peloponnesian War?

400

Groups responsible for making laws by discussing ideas, debating issues, and voting; in ancient Greece it is called the assembly

What is a legislative body?

400

The Greek mathematician who created a famous theorem we still use today to find the lengths of a triangle's sides.

Who was Pythagoras? 

500

Taking part in your community or government to help make decisions and improve your society

What is civic participation?

500

The type of government Sparta had?

What is oligarchy?

500

How Alexander the Great spread Hellenistic (Greek) culture?

He conquered large territories in which he placed officials to run the local government where he built new Greek-style cities.

500

The phrase that represents both Athens democracy and democracy in the United States?

What is rule by the people?

500

A part of Greek architecture used to hold up buildings that can still be seen today, in buildings like the Lincoln Memorial.

What are columns?