Vocabulary
a settlement under the control of a distant country
What is colony?
A country in Southeastern Europe, shaped like an outstretch hand.
What is Greece?
One Spartan legend tells a story of a boy who was so hungry.
He could eat a fox
Two groups of people that did *not* have the right to vote in Athens
What are women and slaves?
Every citizen had the right to speak at the Assembly, some speakers spoke longer than others. So a ____________ was used.
What is a waterclock?
Spartan slaves were called________.
What are helots
A large mass of land, three sides of which are bordered by water
What is a "peninsula"?
Unlike Athens Sparta economy depended on
What is farming?
What are the 2 kings and 28 other men who were considered Sparta's government called?
What is the Council of Elders?
If the assembly did not have enough citizens present, slaves were armed with a ______________to round up citizens.
What is a rope with red paint?
What is the Sea south of Ancient Greece?
What is Mediterranean Sea?
A narrow strip of land on which Sparta is located.
What is Peloponnesus?
Only men were considered
What are citizens?
Greece (Athens, in particular) is the birthplace of this form of government, that the United States uses today.
What is Democracy?
Which Greek city-state believed that a good citizen should have both an intelligent mind and a healthy body?
Who are the Athenians?
What is the name of the sea that is to the east of Greece.
What is the Aegean Sea?
Athens economy depended on.
What is trade?
Citizens 30 years of age who ran the daily business of government in Athens.
What is the Council of 500?
___________ children were trained for battle. Even girls were given military training.
Who are Spartans?
The three seas that surround Greece.
What are the Mediterranean, Ionian, and Aegean Seas?
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?
Who debated on issues and voted on laws proposed by the council?
What is the Assembly?
Merchants sold their goods at the agora. Name some household goods that Athenians could buy at the huge marketplace called the agora.
What is pottery, clay oil lamps, furniture?