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Key Vocabulary
Key Vocabulary
Geography
Sparta
Athens
100
What is a government run by a queen or king?
Monarchy
100
What is a body of land nearly surrounded by water?
Peninsula
100
What did the Greeks depend on to survive?
The Sea
100
What age did boys start their military training in Sparta?
Age 7
100
What was the name of the center market place?
Agora
200
What is a government run by the military called?
Tyranny
200
What is a plain in Attica, Greece, where the Athenians defeated the Persians in battle in 490 B. C.?
Marathon
200
What types of animals did the ancient Greeks domesticate?
Sheep and goats
200
Name two activities that girls were required to do in Sparta
Wrestle, play sports, trained to defend the polis,took care of the estate
200
Under this man's leadership democracy had become the foundation of government in ancient Greece.
Pericles
300
What is a government run by the people called?
Democracy
300
What is the name of a Greek city-state?
Polis
300
What is the name of the highest mountain peak in Greece?
Mt. Olympia
300
What right did girls not have in Sparta?
The right to vote.
300
What was the name of the beautiful building dedicated to Athena the goddess of wisdom and protector of Athens?
The Parthenon
400
What do we call the lawmaking body in a democracy where it's made up of a group of citizens?
Assembly
400
What is the name of the Greek sailing vessel?
Trireme
400
Why was Greece called a rugged place to live?
It had many chains of mountains.
400
How did Sparta gain its wealth?
By conquering other city-states.
400
Name two groups of people who were not allowed to vote in ancient Greece?
Women and slaves
500
What is a government that is run by a few people, usually by members of rich, powerful families called?
Oligarchy
500
What is the name of the ancient sea power located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea.
Phoenicia
500
What crops did the Greeks cultivate?
Olive trees and grapes
500
What type of government did Sparta have? In other words who was in charge?
The military
500
What country did Athenian democracy greatly influence?
America