What form of government was practiced in ancient Athens?
What is Democracy
100
Define a military state
What is a society organized for the purpose of waging war
100
What type of land mass is Greece?
What is a peninsula
100
Who held political power in Athens?
What is the citizens
100
Define Slavery
What is the ownership and control of other people
200
What was the role of women in Athens?
What is take care of the home and children
200
What was the real form of government used in Sparta?
What is oligarchy
200
What sea surrounds all of Greece?
What is the Mediterranean Sea
200
What group of people made up the assembly in Sparta?
Who are the "equals" or Spartans who passed final test to enter the military
200
Define acropolis
What is the area of a city state where public buildings and marble temples were located - "High City"
300
Who is known as the father of democracy?
Who is Pericles
300
What was the name of the small group of elders who held political power in Sparta?
What is ephors
300
What were the main exports the Greeks made that was unique to the rest of the world?
What is olive oil and wine
300
What did Pericles do that truly made Athens a democracy?
What is he started to pay citizens for their work in government and this allowed lower class citizens to participate
300
Define tenant farmer
What is people who paid rent, in either money or crops, to grow crops on another person's land
400
What geographic feature helped Athens become a powerful city state?
What is it was located on the coast and they had easy access to trading ports
400
Why did Sparta become a military state?
What is they needed to control the helots
400
What were the two strategies that Greek city states could use to make up for their lack of natural resources?
What is colonization and conquest
400
How did the phalanx help the greek citizens in government?
What is the aristocracy had to respect the citizen soldiers which led to lower class citizens getting a say in government
400
Define metic
What is a foreigner or person from another city state, usually merchants and traders
500
How did citizens gain political power in Athens?
What is voting rights were expanded to all citizens and the power of the assembly grew.
500
What was the role of the two kings in Spartan society?
What is they would lead the Spartan army into battle
500
How did the mountainous terrain of Greece effect the people socially?
What is it sparked fierce individualism which led to the growth of city states.
500
Explain the difference between Direct and Representative Democracy
What is direct- citizens would have a direct say in what happened in the city state
Representative- Citizens elect officials to represent them in government