Vocabulary
A Greek City-State
Polis
What percentage of Greece is mountains?
80%
This city-state was judged at birth by the Council of Elders.
Sparta
A government where 1 king rules the people.
The one battle that the Greeks lost during the Persian War?
Battle of Thermopylae
A piece of land surrounded by water on 3 sides.
Peninsula
Athens is located on what peninsula?
Balkan Peninsula
This city-state required two years of military training by all males.
Athens
A government where a small group of wealthy or elderly have control.
Oligarchy
A running race was created to celebrate the winning of this war?
Battle of Marathon
Someone who rules with absolute power and is unrestrained by the law.
Tyranny
The Greeks set themselves up into city-states because ______ made travel too difficult.
mountains
Is known for creating the first democratic government.
Athens
The United States has this form of government.
Representative Democracy
What did the Greek navy want to harm during the Battle of Salamis?
Persian Supply Ships
The United States' form of government.
Representative Democracy
The little land available for farming was left to grow ______ and _______.
Grapes and olives
How many men in the council of elders were over the age of 60?
28
A type of government where everyone has a direct say
Direct Democracy
Persians loaded ____ first on their boats when tired of waiting at the Bay of Marathon.
Calvary
A government for/by the people
Democracy
How many miles of coastline did Greece have?
about 9,000 miles
How many years were you required to serve in the Spartan army?
47 years
Who was allowed to vote in Athens
All free citizen men
The name of the Athenian man who betrayed Greece at Thermopylae
Ephailates ("a nightmare")