Lesson 7.1
What is a colony?
A group of people living in a new territory (who have ties to their homeland)
What is a oligarchy?
A government in which a small group has control (usually wealthy people)
Cyrus decided that the jews exiled in____ could return to their home land
Babylon
did most Athenian citizens own slaves? True or false?
True
What does economic mean?
A system in a country ( that involves makin, buying, and selling goods)
What were the coins the Greeks used made from?
Metal/silver
spartan boys left their homes at age 10 to join the militar? true or fals?
False (age 7)
What is a satrap?
the territory governed by an official known as a strap
What does a philosopher do?
They search wisdom and enlightenment
What is a representative democracy?
A form of government in which people elect officials to govern for them
What did ancient greeks call themselve?
Hellenes
What form of government was In Sparta?
Oligarchy
What is Zoroastrianism?
A Persian religion based on the belief of the one god
What form of government was practiced by the Athenians?
Direct democracy
Who was a satrap?
The governor of a province in ancient Persia
What is a phalanx?
A group of armed foot soldiers
What age did spartan men enter the regular army?
20
Why did Persian kings build the royal road?
To connect the areas of their large empire
In Athens only men had political rights? True or false
True
What is a tyrant?
An absolute ruler unrestrained by law
Mycenaean artisans made _____ ______ to cover the faces of their dead kings
Golden masks
What were ALL the subjects the Athenian boys learned
Arithmetic geometry drawing music public speaking and some sports
After Cyrus, other Persian rulers took over what was three places ?
Egypt, western Indi, and lands from northeast Greece
From 461 b.c to 429 b.c the athenians were under what new leader?
Pericles
What is an agora?
A gathering place ( marketplace in ancient Greece)