Early Greeks
Vocabulary 1
Sparta
Geography
Vocabulary 2
100
  • Most slaves in ancient Greece were ______
  • captured in battle.
  • sold by their parents
  • prisoners of war
100
  • the art and practice of government.

Politics

100
  • In Sparta, boys are taken from their families for military training at age of ___                               

7

100

Where is Ancient Greece

On the fringe of Europe and Asia. 

100
  •  responsible for the day-to-day operation of the government. 

Ephor

200
  • How did Odysseus defeat the Trojans?
  • By tricking them with the Trojan Horse.
200
  •  a hereditary class of rulers.

Aristocracy:

200
  • What is the name of slaves in Sparta? 

             

Helots  

200

Which sea surrounds Greece

Mediterranean Sea

200
  • Messenian person forced to work as a lowly farmer by Sparta. 

Helot

300
  • The Greeks got their wealth from depending on _______ 

           

overseas trade  

300
  •  political power held by a small group of people.

Oligarchy

300
  • What made transportation over the Greek land difficult? 
  • The uneven landscape (80% mountains).
300

What borders Kuwait from the north and the west? 

Iraq & Saudi Arabia

300
  • military housing. 

Barracks

400
  • The Greek city-states was known as the _____                          

 Polis  

400
  • form of government in which citizens hold political power. 

Democracy:

400
  • Which were enemies in the Peloponnesian war?
  • Sparta and Athens.
400

What is the capital of Greece now? 

Athens

400
  • someone who paid rent, either in money or crops, to grow crops on another person’s land.

Tenant farmer

500
  • The Greeks made contributions to _______
  • art and drama
  • philosophy
  • political science
500
  •  membership in a state or community which gives a person civil and political rights and obligations.

Citizenship

500
  • What role did an ephor play in Spartan government?
  • Ephors helped to keep the king and the council within the law.
500

What borders Saudi Arabia from north? 

Jordan & Iraq 

500
  • the ownership and control of other people as property.

Slavery