Vocabulary One
THIS IS THE GREEK WORD FOR CITY STATE
WHAT IS POLIS
MAINLAND GREECE IS SURROUNDED BY......
WHAT ARE MOUNTAINS
THE POPULATION OF A POLIS WAS USUALLY THIS..... WHICH MADE IT EASY FOR CITIZENS TO GATHER TO MAKE DECISIONS
WHAT IS SMALL
HAD CONTROL OVER THEIR FAMILIES AND WERE EXPECTED TO TAKE PART IN PUBLIC LIFE
WHO ARE MEN
THE LOWEST IN GREEK SOCIETY, THESE PEOPLE HAD NO RIGHTS BUT WERE TREATED DIFFERENTLY DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY LIVED..
WHO ARE SLAVES
THIS IS THE PRACTICE OF GOVERNMENT
WHAT IS POLITICS
MODERN GREECE IS LOCATED ON THIS LAND FORM SURROUNDED BY WATER ON THREE SIDES
WHAT IS A PENINSULA
A TYPICAL POLIS WAS BUILT ON HOW MANY LEVELS?
WHAT IS TWO
THE GREEKS LACKED THIS...... SO THEY NEEDED TO FIND FOOD SOURCES
FARMLAND
PEOPLE WHO PAID RENT TO GROW CROPS ON OTHER PEOPLE'S LAND, CALLED THETES
WHO ARE TENANT FARMERS
THESE WERE PEOPLE WHO BELONGED TO A COUNTRY OR CITY STATE
WHO ARE CITIZENS
DAILY DOUBLE
WHAT ARE TWO WAYS THE GEOGRAPHY AFFECTED LIFE IN GREECE
A POLIS WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSEEING NOT ONLY THE CITY BUT THESE AS WELL.... NAME AT LEAST ONE OTHER
COUNTRY SIDE OR SURROUNDING VILLAGES
DAILY DOUBLE
WHY DID ANCIENT GREEKS DECIDE TO MIGRATE?
TO MOVE TO A NEW LOCATION
WHAT IS MIGRATION
KNOWN AS "THE HIGH CITY" IN GREECE, IT IS THE UPPER PART OF AN ANCIENT GREEK CITY WHERE PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND CITY DEFENSES WERE LOCATED
WHAT IS THE ACROPOLIS
THE ONLY FERTILE LANDS COULD BE FOUND WHERE?
VALLEYS OR PLAINS
THIS WAS THE RESULT OF THE INDEPENDENT SPIRIT OF THE GREEK CITY STATES
MULTIPLE WARS BETWEEN CITY STATES
THIS CITY STATE GAVE WOMEN THE MOST RIGHTS.....
WHAT IS SPARTA
THESE PEOPLE WERE FOREIGNERS, USUALLY MERCHANTS OR ARTISANS
WHO ARE METICS
A HEREDITARY CLASS OF RULERS IS KNOWN AS
WHAT IS ARISTOCRACY
THIS IS THE GREEK CLIMATE..
WHAT IS MEDITERRANEAN OR
Mild/wet winters and Hot/dry summers
THESE THREE GROUP OF PEOPLE WHERE NOT ALOUD TO TAKE PART OF GOVERNMENT
WHO ARE WOMEN, FOREIGNERS, AND SLAVES
SPARTA WAS THE FIRST CITY STATE TO CREATE THIS.....
WHAT IS A PROFESSIONAL ARMY
THESE MEN WHO ARE HEAVILY INTO POLITICS, WERE RICH LAND OWNERS WHO CLAIMED THAT THEY WERE DESCENDANTS FROM GODS AND KINGS.
WHO ARE ARISTOCRATS