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Miscellaneous
100
The art and practice of government.
What is politics?
100
Used as money in Sparta.
What are metal rods?
100
City-state that had the most say in their government.
What is Athens?
100
Another name for a foreigner, a non-citizen.
What is a metic?
100
Another name for city-state.
What is a polis?
200
Main political body of Athens that voted on laws and created foreign policy.
What is the assembly?
200
A Messenian who became a slave laborer in Sparta.
What is a helot?
200
Form of government that was first developed in Athens.
What is a democracy?
200
Highest point of a polis, it was usually the location of temples and other public buildings.
What is an acropolis?
200
Farmers who did not own their own land.
Who are tenant farmers?
300
Made direct democracy possible in Athens.
What is a small population?
300
One of five people elected to operate the Spartan government on a daily basis.
What is an ephor?
300
A type of government, in Athens it was made up of a small council of aristocrats who made decisions to benefit the wealthy.
What is an oligarchy?
300
Brought back to ancient Greece by trade with Greek colonies in Asia Minor.
What are the first coins?
300
Greek geographic feature that created a spirit of independence among its peoples.
What are mountain ranges?
400
Smaller government body prepared laws to be voted on at the assembly.
What is the boule?
400
The most important role of women in Sparta.
What is raising strong soldiers?
400
Class of people who benefited most from the oligarchies that governed most city-states.
What is the aristocracy?
400
Women from this city state experienced more freedom and responsibility than most ancient Greek women.
What is Sparta?
400
military housing.
What are barracks?
500
Reason why only male children were educated.
Citizenship, and the right to vote, was limited to men.
500
Main political bodies of ancient Sparta (at least three).
What are the 2 kings, Council of elders, the 5 ephors, and the Assembly?
500
Type of government where citizens elect people they believe in to create laws for them.
What is a representative democracy?
500
Mythical symbols of Corinth.
What is a Pegasus?
500
Powerful military strategy that gave ordinary people more political power.
What is a phalanx?