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What is the calvary.
Soldiers that ride on horses.
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What is a monarchy.
In ancient Greek settlements, governments tended to develop in a predictable order. Which form of government usually came first?
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He was chosen by a random drawing.
How did someone become a member of Athens’s Council of 500?
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Both boys and girls were educated in military tactics.
What kind of education did the Spartan children recieve?
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Aegean Sea
What body of water did the Persians cross to attack Greece?
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What is a tyrant.
A person who seizes control illegally.
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They were overthrown by people.
How did tyrants sometimes lose power?
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Boy from the age of 6 or 7 were educated.
Who was educated in Athens?
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Oligarchy
What kind of government did the Spartans practice?
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They preserved Greek independence.
What was an important result of the Persian wars?
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What is an aristocrat.
A member of the most powerful class in ancient Greece.
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The king made them.
How were laws developed in a monarchy?
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They had a democracy because male citizens over the age of 18 could vote.
What form of government did the Athenians abide by?
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60 years old and from a noble family.
To be elected to the Council of Elders, Spartan men had to meet what two requirements
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The Greeks won with less land and fewer people.
What was most surprising about the outcome of the Persian wars?
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What is an agora.
A marketplace in ancient Greece.
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A king inherits power, but a tyrant takes power by force.
What was the difference between a king and a tyrant?
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The traded their good with other countries and in the agora.
How did Athenians get the goods that they needed?
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They stole the land from their neighbors.
The Spartans did not have enough land to farm, so what did they do?
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The Ionian Revolt
What marked the beginning of the Greek-Persian
wars? |
What is Hellespont.
The long, narrow body of water between Europe and Asia in present-day Turkey.
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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?
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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?
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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?
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Battle of Marathon
What is the name of the first major battle of the Greek-Persian war?
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