Athens
They are free people who had the same political rights in return for paying taxes and completing military service.
Citizens
This city-state focused on military training from a very young age.
Sparta
Sparta was ruled by a council and two of these leaders.
Kings
They were citizen-soldiers who defended the polis. They bought their own armor, which covered most of their bodies, and a large round shield, called a hoplon.
Hoplites
Considered as the Golden Age of Greek civilization.
Classical Age
This person introduced reforms in the 6th century to limit the powers of the aristocracy.
Cleisthenes
This type of labor force, also known as slaves, supported Sparta’s economy. They were people who Sparta defeated in wars.
Helots
The Athenian government had an assembly of free citizens called this. They passed laws, declared war, made peace treaties and appointed magistrates.
Ekklesia or Assembly
The king of Sparta who led the Greeks against the Persians in the Battle of Thermopylae.
King Leonidas I
Persians
This word comes from the Greek demos meaning people and cratos meaning power.
Democracy
The name of the Spartan political system which was a combination of a monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy.
Oligarchy
Spartan government included this council of elders over the age of 60.
Gerousia
The emperor of Persia who led the 2nd war against the Greeks in 480 BC. His fleet was defeated at the Salamis in the Battle of Platea in 479 BC.
Xerxes II
This city-state is known for the first democratic government.
Athens
This event happened because of poverty in the countryside, against the abuses of the aristocracy.
Social Revolts
Instead of emigrating and founding colonies, Sparta _____ neighboring lands.
In Athens, they administered justice using a jury system. 201 citizens heard each case and decided if the accused was innocent or guilty.
Boule or Supreme Courts
The emperor of Persia who led the 1st war against the Greeks. He was defeated at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC.
Darius I
Women had more freedom and could own property in this city-state. Also, this city-state required boys to start military training at the age of 7.
Sparta
This governor of Athens started the Golden Age of Athens in the 5th century BC.
Pericles
This battle, fought in 480 BCE, demonstrated Spartan bravery against the Persians.
Battle of Thermopylae
They were 5 very powerful individuals in Sparta and they kept order, monitored the kings, and presided over the courts.
Ephors
This conflict involved all the city states and weakened most of the other polis as well. It occurred in 431 - 404 BC.
Peloponnesian Wars
Which city-states became involved in the Peloponnesian Wars?
All of them