Vocab
a piece of land almost surrounded by water
peninsula
Who was the philosopher who encouraged others to think?
Socrates
Could women take part in politics?
yes
Who was considered a citizen?
free men that were born in Athens
What continent is Greece a part of?
Europe
their marketplace
agora
What is the basic rule of Sparta?
Put the city's needs above your own
education was focused on
war
What did young boys do in Athens?
went to school-learned history and did physical training
Greece is made up of what landforms?
mountains and peninsulas
A word to describe the gods meaning "to live forever"
immortal
Who won the Battle of Marathon?
The Greeks beat the Persians
a slave that was captured by Spartans
helot
What building did Pericles reconstruct?
The Parthenon
True or False? Greece had a lot of farmland
False
a place you would go to know the future
oracle
When Athens became overcrowded during the Peloponnesian War what happened?
They suffered from a plague
What job did the helots do?
farm work
How did Pericles strengthen democracy?
He paid salaries to the officials
Why did the city-states develop different cultures?
Because of the natural barriers (ex. mountains and seas)
taxes collected from weak city-states to powerful ones
tribute
What did Athens do with the tributes from the Delian League?
built the Parthenon
How did they receive their wealth?
By stealing from others and using helots
How did the Spartans win the Peloponnesian War?
The Persian navy helped them block Athens food supply
2 requirements of voting that are similar today to ancient Athens?
18 years old and a citizen