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Sparta
Early Greeks
Athens
Government
Homer and Aesop
100
Determined if a baby was healthy enough to stay alive in the city.
Who are the elders?
100
Athletic contest held every four years to honor their gods.
What are the Omlypics?
100
There form of government in which the power is in the hands of the people.
What is a democracy?
100
Ruled by a king.
What is a monachry?
100
Author of epics.
Who is Homer?
200
To have healthy children.
Why Sparta women had physical training?
200
The ruler of the gods.
Who is Zues?
200
The three great Athenian philosophers.
Who are Socrates,Plato, and Aristrotle?
200
Ruled by force and fear.
What is tyranny?
200
An epic based on the events of the Trojan War.
What is the Iliad?
300
Boys where not given shoes or warm clothes.
Why to build endurance?
300
Home of the Greek gods.
What is Mount Olympus?
300
The Athenian temple built for Athena.
What is the Parthenon?
300
A government in which people vote for a smaller group of citizens to make their rules and laws for every one.
What is a representative democracy?
300
A heroic story of the 10-year journey home of Odysseus.
What is the Odyssey?
400
Boys where allowed to steal food, but if they got caught they were whipped.
Why to teach them to be sneaky?
400
Greek goddess of wisdom
Who is Athena?
400
Part of the Athenian goverment that held the most power.
What is the Assembly?
400
Author of fables.
Who is Aesop?
500
A government controlled by a few.
What is an oligargchy?
500
A fortified hilltop at the center of a Greek city-state.
What is an Acroplois?
500
The cultural interest of Athena.
What is learning and the arts?
500
Someone could be banned from Athens for 5-10 years if enough people wrote that person's name on a piece of pottery.
What is ostracization?
500
Stories used to teach morals and lessons; animals are often the characters.
What are fables?