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Government
The Written Word
Mythology
People and Places
Athens or Sparta?
100
rule by the people
What is democracy?
100
Α
What is alpha?
100
ruler of the gods
Who was Zeus?
100
an open-air market and gathering place
What is an agora?
100
Leaders used military strength to control their city-state
What is Sparta?
200
a slave owned by the state
What is a helot?
200
Δ
What is delta?
200
goddess of war and wisdom
Who was Athena?
200
a fort built on top of a hill that also became a center for religion
What is an acropolis?
200
Women could not take part in government?
What are Athens and Sparta?
300
an idea receiving the most votes
What is majority rule?
300
A story passed down about a god or hero
What is a myth?
300
god of the sea
Who was Poseidon?
300
a large community or city-state
What is a polis?
300
Citizens were rarely allowed to travel or trade with outsiders.
What is Sparta?
400
Someone who took control of a government by force or other means and ruled alone
What is a tyrant?
400
Ω
What is omega?
400
God of music and poetry
Who was Apollo?
400
the wealthy ruling class
What is the aristocracy?
400
All male citizens took part in the Ecclesia.
What is Athens?
500
any small ruling group
What is an oligarchy?
500
Σ
What is sigma?
500
goddess of love
Who was Aphrodite?
500
a lawmaking group
What is an assembly?
500
Troublesome citizens could be ostracized.
What is Athens?