Geography
Government
Vocabulary
Athens/Sparta
Athens/Sparta
100
The Greeks did not like to travel on land
What is traveling through the mountains was difficult.
100
How were laws developed in a monarchy?
What is the king made them.
100
A marketplace in ancient Greece
What is agora?
100
The leading naval power in Greece
What is Athens?
100
How do we know Sparta discouraged trade with other city-states?
What is they used iron bars as money.
200
The name of the landform that Greece is situated on
What is peninsula?
200
What form of government was ruled by a few, wealthy men?
What is Oligarchy?
200
A person who makes money by selling goods
What is a merchant?
200
Isolated and suspicious of outsiders and their ideas
What is Sparta?
200
How did someone become a member of Athen's Council of 500?
What is chosen by a random drawing?
300
What was one result of ancient Greeks not having enough farmland to feed themselves?
What is they traded to get what they needed.
300
What type of government had one ruler, the ruler inherited power and passed leadership on to his son?
What is Monarchy?
300
A small community or village
What is a settlement?
300
What form of government did Athens have? Why? 3 reasons
What is democracy? Every citizen could take part, laws had to be approved by the assembly, every citizen was part of the assembly
300
Who had the most power in Sparta?
What is Council of Elders?
400
Four animals the ancient Greeks raised.
What is sheep, pigs, chickens, and goats.
400
What is the difference between a tyrant and a king?
What is a tyrant seizes power and a king inherits power.
400
a member of a democracy, who has certain rights and responsibilities
What is a citizen?
400
What form of government did Sparta have? Why? 4 reasons
What is Oligarchy? power was in hands of few people, important decisions made by Elders, had to be 60 and wealthy to be on council,served for life, Assembly had little power
400
What rights did Spartan women have that other Greek women did not have? (3)
What is free to speak in public, own and control property, marry again if husband was gone too long.
500
What are the five actions, in order, the Greeks took to start a colony?
What is consult an oracle, gather food and supplies, get the flame from the sacred fire, travel by sea, and choose a good location.
500
What became of the aristocrats when the kings in ancient Greece no longer ruled the city-states?
What is Oligarchs became the ruling group.
500
a group of citizens in an ancient Greek democracy with the power to pass laws
What is an assembly?
500
What was the main purpose of education in Athens?
What is to prepare good citizens.
500
What was the main purpose of education in Sparta?
What is to produce men and women who could protect the city-state, military training.