Governments
Geography
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
100

Athens and Sparta are an example of ______________.

What are City-States?

100

Greece is a ________________ on the Mediterranean Sea.

What is peninsula?

100

An outdoor market place in ancient Greece.  

What is an agora? 

100

Anyone is allowed to be a citizen in the society.  

What is unlimited citizenship? 

100

We are study a group of independently ruled city states around the Mediterranean and Aegean Sea.

What is Greece?

200

A type of government ruled by a few rich and powerful men.

What is Oligarchy?

200

Greece had a small amount of farm land, it was suitable for growing this.

What are grapes and olives.

200
A Greek warrior city-state ruled by on Oligarchy.

What is Sparta? 

200

A ruler who has absolute power over the government. They can be a good or bad ruler. 

What is tyranny? 

200

Tales of Greek god and goddesses which explain nature.

What is Greek Mythology? 

300

This government is ruled by the people. 

What is Democracy? 

300

Greece traded along the Mediterranean Sea, this was the most desirable part of Greece.

What is iron and copper?

300

Spartan slave communities.  They did the agricultural work so Spartan men could focus on war. 

What are Helots? 


300

I am the author of Iliad and Odyssey, stories of Greek heros and wars. 

Who is Homer? 
300

This is a Greek city-state who started the first direct democracy rule by the people. 

What is Athens? 

400

This government has one person who take control and has absolute power.

What is tyrant? 

400

Greece has a lot mountains.  They raised these animals that are sure footed in the mountains.  

What are goats and sheep?

400

The love of wisdom, based on reason and evidence.

What is philosophy?

400

During this period, Alexander the Great spread Greek culture across Asia.  

What is the Hellenistic Age?

400

Only certain people in a civilization have rights and citizenship in government. 

What is limited citizenship? 

500

In Athens they started this and today is it included in the Bill of Rights.

What is trial-by-jury?

500

Greece had long coastlines and became know as these around the Mediterranean Sea.  

What are great sailors and traders?

500

Greece has 3 well know philosophers, this one taught people to ask questions.  

Who is socrates?

500

I conquered and "united" the Greek city-states.  

Who was Phillip II of Macedonia. 

500

I was a Greek mathematician and scientist that created lever and water screw. 

Who is Archimedes?