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Athens vs. Sparta
Final Question
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A high rocky hill, where early people built cities 

Hint: The Parthenon stood on it 

What is Acropolis?

100

A very mountainous area, with cities located in valleys between mountains or coastal plains

What is Greece?

100

A council of Elders (Highest Court in Sparta)

What is Gerousia?

100
Two groups of people that did *not* have the right to vote
What are women and slaves?
100
Athenians honored this goddess by killing a cattle on the top of the Acropolis.
Who is Athena?
100

The battle where 300 Spartans and 9000 other Greeks lost to the Persians in a narrow pass during the Persian war is known as….

What is the battle of Thermoplaye

100

Gave the option to choose military training for boys.

What is Athens

100

What was the cause of the Peloponnesian war and what was the final outcome

Cause –Sparta's fear of the power of Athens and its naval empire

Effect - the defeat of Athens and the collapse of its empire

200

A city with its own traditions, government, and laws.  Both a city and a separate independent state

What is a City-State

200
A large mass of land, three sides of which are bordered by water
What is a "peninsula"?
200

Due to their separation Greek communities became fierce rivals, a fact that eventually led to what contest that was held in honor of Zeus every 4 years

What are the Olympics?

200
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?
200
This god was the ruler of all the Greek gods and married his sister.
Who is Zeus?
200

20,000 soldiers landed in 490 BC. When the Persian Commander ordered that they attack Athens by ship after a few uneventful days, he made the mistake of loading his cavalry first. The Athenians caught the Persian foot soldiers in the water and won.

What is Marathon

200

A military city-state governed by soldiers 

What is Sparta

300

Fellow Greeks, whose names meant captives, originally from Laconia and Messenia who were treated like slaves in Sparta

What is a Helot?

300

Had many mountains and fertile valleys, but he soil was not conducive to large-scale agricultural programs, so they relied on sea trade

What is Athens?

300
The worship or belief in many gods and/or goddesses.
What is Polytheism?
300
Greece (Athens, in particular) is the birthplace of this form of government, that the United States uses today.
What is Democracy?
300
The goddess who was the daughter of Uranus and the wife of Hephaestos. She was known as the goddess of love and beauty.
Who is Aphrodite?
300

This league was formed by Athens to drive the Persians from the Aegean Sea and Ionia

What is the Delian League

300

A cultural and intellectual center governed by direct democracy

What is Athens

400
A clearing that served both as a marketplace and as a meeting place
What is "Agora"?
400

Located in the fertile Eurotas Valley of Laconia in the southeast Peloponnese, surrounded by natural defenses such as mountains and hills

What is Sparta?

400

An executive committee of five people chosen by citizens

What are Ephors?

400
A system of government that Greece had during the Mycenean period, in which the ruling power is in the hands of one person
What is Monarchy?
400

This god had a violent temper and was known as the god of war.

Who is Ares?

400

Sparta, Persia, Corinth and Thebes 

What is the Peloponnese League

400
After the Persian Wars, which two issues caused Sparta to become weaker for a period of time

What is earthquake and what is a revolt of the helots

500
A person who has certain rights and responsibilities in his or her country or community
What is a citizen?
500

The early Greek city-states were profoundly shaped by these physical features

What are Mountains, Hills, & Sea Coast

500
An almost-invulnerable Greek god, who died from an arrow in his heel, his only vulnerable spot.
Who is Achilles?
500
A system of government where a small group of the richest and most powerful citizens controlled decision making, used by most city-states in the Archaic period.
What is Oligarchy?
500

Name 6 of the 12 Olympians 

Who is Zeus, Poseidon, Hera, Ares, Athena, Aphrodite, Demeter, Apollo, Hermes, Hephaestus, Artemis, Hades?

500

Recorded both the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars 

Who is Herodotus 

500

Name the 3 battles of the Persian Wars

What is Marathon, Thermopylae, and Salamis