A Struggle for Power-Ancient Greece

Greece is made up of

• plains

• many river valleys

• mountains and many small islands

The geography of Greece made it difficult for

• One city state to conquer the entire country

• Olives to grow

• City states to find mineral deposits

The Greek word for a city state is

• Marathon

• Mesopotamia

• Polis

Since Greece was made up of many small city states it was

• Not an ideal place for an empire

• Very difficult to bring the country together when in danger

• Impossible to defend

What best describes the city state of Sparta?

• It was a democracy

• It was a military state

• Sparta was the center of Greek culture

• Sparta was ruled by a king

How did Sparta keep citizens from learning about new ideas

• There were no schools of any kind

• Spartan citizens could not travel outside the city state area

• Citizens were not taught how to read or write

Sparta had the most powerful military in Greece, but

• It had the smallest army

• citizens lacked freedom and had little culture

• It had a weak democracy

Athens was a(n)___________city state

• Authoritarian

• Democratic

• Aristrocratic

• Monarchistic

Who could vote in Athens?

• property owning males over 30

• property owners over 30

• all Athenian citizens

What was the reason behind Athenian voting system

• almost all taxes were paid by property owners, so property owners should be the only ones to have a say in government

• Athenians considered men more intelligent than women in general

• Only males owned property