Ancient Greece Geography
A fort-building to protect ancient Greece on a hilly rocky top of the city.
Acropolis
Group of 500 who Proposed Laws - (like America's House of Representative)
The Council
enslaved people in ancient Sparta
helots
The Peloponesian War was between which two city-states?
Athens and Sparta
a Greek city-state
Polis
Greece was composed of _______. Each one with it's own laws and ruling form of government.
city-states
Approved laws with a majority vote.
The Assembly
Boys left their homes at age ___ to join the military.
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Athens began interfering with some of Sparta’s allies. These allies pressured Sparta to attack Athens. War broke out in 431 b.c. Historians call this conflict the Peloponnesian War because Sparta was located in the ___________.
Peloponnesus
a gathering place; marketplace in ancient Greece
Agora
first civilization to develop in the Aegean region, but they were not Greeks.
Minoans
Which country was inspired by Ancient Greece's form of government?
America / U.S.A.
They could own property and travel. They were trained in sports, such as wrestling and throwing the javelin.
They enjoyed more freedom than other ____ from other city-states.
Who?
Spartan Women
Who had the most powerful navy, Athens or Sparta?
Athens
a group of armed foot soldiers in ancient Greece arranged close together in rows
phalanx
a piece of land nearly surrounded by water
peninsula
Who could vote in Ancient Athens?
Only Greek born adult males.
Sparta's government was an ________. Two kings ruled jointly, but they had little power.
Oligarchy
________broke out within the overcrowded city's population. More than a third of the people died, including Athenian ruler _______.
A plague or disease, Pericles
a form of democracy in which all citizens can participate firsthand in the decision-making process
direct democracy
Both used writing, trading, and boat building, best describes Minoan and _______ civilizations
Mycenaean
At the end, Sparta remained a _____ _____ _______.
They never built up business and trade or improved their standard of living
poor farming society
Who won the Peloponesian War?
Sparta
a government in which a small group has control
oligarchy