Vocab
A Greek city-state
What is a polis
Had an assembly
What is both
In Athens, who held power over government?
What is male citizens
What was Sparta best known for?
What is military power
Where were the government buildings and places of worship of an Ancient Greek community called?
What is the Acropolis
"high city" in Greek; the upper part of an ancient Greek city, where public buildings and the city's defenses were located
What is an acropolis
Trained its boys in math, art, and music
What is Athens
A type of government that allows votes, but works best with small groups
What is direct democracy
What did Spartans use for currency?
What is iron bars
What is a phalanx?
A Greek military formation
Someone that seizes total power and control
What is a tyrant
Believed in many gods and goddesses
What is both
In Athens, at what age did boys finish school?
What is 18?
What is a government with a king called?
What is a monarchy
Which group of Ancient Greek women had greater freedom?
Who are the Spartan women
when political power is held by a small group of people
What is an oligarchy
Killed babies deemed to be weak
What is Sparta
What important political development occurred in Athens?
What is democracy
Who were the helots?
What is Messenian people forced to work as a lowly farmer by Sparta
In ancient Greece, what was the main duty of women?
What is to have and raise children
A new settlement with a close connection to its homeland
What is a colony
Had the council of 500
What is Athens
How were members chosen for the Athenian assembly?
What is randomly or by lottery
From what age to what age did Spartan soldiers live in barracks or dorms?
What is 20 to 30?
What is one right that Spartan women had that Athenian women did not have?