Vocabulary Government Athens Sparta Persian War
100
What is the calvary.
Soldiers that ride on horses.
100
What is a monarchy.
In ancient Greek settlements, governments tended to develop in a predictable order. Which form of government usually came first?
100
He was chosen by a random drawing.
How did someone become a member of Athens’s Council of 500?
100
Both boys and girls were educated in military tactics.
What kind of education did the Spartan children recieve?
100
Aegean Sea
What body of water did the Persians cross to attack Greece?
200
What is a tyrant.
A person who seizes control illegally.
200
They were overthrown by people.
How did tyrants sometimes lose power?
200
Boy from the age of 6 or 7 were educated.
Who was educated in Athens?
200
Oligarchy
What kind of government did the Spartans practice?
200
They preserved Greek independence.
What was an important result of the Persian wars?
300
What is an aristocrat.
A member of the most powerful class in ancient Greece.
300
The king made them.
How were laws developed in a monarchy?
300
They had a democracy because male citizens over the age of 18 could vote.
What form of government did the Athenians abide by?
300
60 years old and from a noble family.
To be elected to the Council of Elders, Spartan men had to meet what two requirements
300
The Greeks won with less land and fewer people.
What was most surprising about the outcome of the Persian wars?
400
What is an agora.
A marketplace in ancient Greece.
400
A king inherits power, but a tyrant takes power by force.
What was the difference between a king and a tyrant?
400
The traded their good with other countries and in the agora.
How did Athenians get the goods that they needed?
400
They stole the land from their neighbors.
The Spartans did not have enough land to farm, so what did they do?
400
The Ionian Revolt
What marked the beginning of the Greek-Persian
wars?
500
What is Hellespont.
The long, narrow body of water between Europe and Asia in present-day Turkey.
500
Direct Democracy and a Representative Democracy.
Direct: Everyone gets to vote.
Representative: Reps. votes on laws.
What are the two types of democracy and how are they different?
500
Women were not educated and were expected to keep a home. Slaves were born into slavery or captured during war. Most people owned slaves and slaves even tutored Athenian children.
How were women and slaves treated in Athens?
500
Women had the same rights as men and were expected to be ready to fight. The slaves were treated harshly because the Spartans were afraid they would revolt.
How were women and children treated in Sparta?
500
Battle of Marathon
What is the name of the first major battle of the Greek-Persian war?






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