Sparta
This was the age Spartan boys trained for military.
Did Spartan boys train for the military at age seven?
This was developed around the 6th century BC in the Greek city-state of Athens, comprising the city of Athens and the surrounding territory of Attica. This is is often described as the first known democracy in the world.
What is Athenian Democracy?
These animals were raised by the Greeks because they could graze on steep mountains.
What are sheeps and/or goats?
This was the system where a city-state was ruled by a single person, who normally inheritance the throne.
What is Monarchy?
This was the son of Phillip the II. He was taught by the Greek philosopher Aristotle, who inspired his interest in philosophy, medicine, and scientific investigation. He conquered the Persian Empire.
Who is Alexander the Great?
This was the main thing Sparta focused on as a culture.
What is military?
This was the main thing Athens focused on as a culture.
What is education?
This is the name of the type of land the Greek people were on that had water on all but one side.
What is a Peninsula?
This was the system where a group of higher-ups ruled a city-state.
What is an Oligarchy?
This Athenian philosopher was a Greek philosopher who developed theories of universal archetypes and Utopian governments.
Who is Plato?
This was the people that Sparta and Athens fought against for freedom.
Who are the Peloponnesian League?
This is where men held all rights and advantages, such as access to education and power and Athenian women were dedicated to the care and upkeep of the family home.
What is patriarchy?
These are the plants the Greek people grew because of the steep mountains they lived on.
What are olive trees and/or grapevines?
This was the system where one person had complete control over an entire city-state.
What is Tyranny?
This is the philosopher who is credited with laying the fundamentals of modern Western philosophy. He is known for creating Socratic irony and the Socratic method.
Who is Socrates?
This was something a Spartan Soldier come back with if he came back victorious from a battle or war, or be carried on if killed.
What is a shield?
This goddess is often given the epithet Pallas, is an ancient Greek goddess associated with wisdom, handicraft, and warfare who was later syncretized with the Roman goddess Minerva.
Who is Athena?
This city-state was northwest of Athens and farther inland. It did not have easy access to the sea but was located near several major springs. It grew into a military power and became a rival of Athens and Sparta.
What is Thebes?
This was the system where the people had control on who lead the city-state; rule of the people.
What is Democracy?
This Author is the presumed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are the foundational works of ancient Greek literature.
Who is Homer?
This is a formation where soldiers would create a rectangular mass military formation, usually composed entirely of heavy infantry armed with spears, pikes, lances, or similar pole weapons.
What is a phalanx formation?
This is the belief in or worship of more than one god.
Why is polytheism?
This city-state lay approximately 50 miles to the west of Athens. This location provided it with access to sea routes that made travel between the Greek mainland and its peninsulas and islands quick and easy. They also had a tyranny rule of Periander.
What is Corinth?
This was the political system used when Athens chose to fight for their freedom instead of surrendering it in the Peloponnesian war.
What is Democracy?
This ancient Greek philosopher and scientist is one of the greatest intellectual figures of Western history.
Who is Aristotle?