Ancient Greece

What is an oligarchy?

• A small group of powerful people who have all the power
• A large group of people with power
• One ruler
• the people rule through voting

What is an aristocrat?

• Someone who runs for gov't office
• a rich landowner
• someone who studies the meaning of life
• a rich cat

What new type of government did the Athenian, Cleisthenes, create?

• Communism
• Socialism
• Republic
• Democracy

How did people vote in Athens?

• with a ballot (like us!)
• They used pieces of broken pottery.
• by arguing and voicing their opinions in a debate
• They wrote they choices on Egyptian parchment paper.

What type of democracy did Athenians have?

• Direct Democracy (All citizens met and voted directly on every issue).
• Representative Democracy (Citizens elected representatives to debate and vote on issues for them).
• Republican Democracy (Citizens had elected officials to represent each state or province (like us!).
• The government had all the power and wrote the laws.

What is mythology?

• The belief in one god.
• The belief in many gods.
• A body of stories about gods and heroes.
• Stories about the Greeks and their adventures.

Who is this in the picture?

• Zeus
• Aphrodite
• Hera
• Athena

Who was Homer?

• a funny cartoon dad (Homer Simpson)
• a Greek guy who invented Democracy
• a Greek guy who wrote about Democracy
• a Greek guy who wrote the famous story poem called The Iliad and the Odessey

What is the geography of Greece like?

• Lots of fertile soil for crops
• Flat, arid land with two great rivers running through it
• Rocky, rugged. Hard to farm. They lived near the sea.
• They lived near the sea, but did have a lot of good farming land.

Why did the ancient Greeks create the Olympics?

• To honor their gods
• To hold an athletic contest.
• To show off their athletic abilities.
• To intimidate their neighbors.