Classical Greece and the Greek Polis

Polis means:

• Greece

• City-State

• Acropolis

• State

The geography of Ancient Greece was mostly ________leading to small and separated communities and cultures.

• rugged mountains, coastal inlets or islands

• large rivers and jungle

• flat land used primarily for farming

• inland with no natural barriers to protect against invasions

The famous poet Homer wrote the Iliad which reflects the conflicts and war of Greece, most notably...

• The Peloponnesian War from 431-404 B.C.E.

• The Trojan War around 1200 B.C.E.

• The Battle of Sybota in 433 B.C.E.

• The Thirty Years War 1618-1648 C.E.

Ancient Greek city-states had varying governments that reflected...

• The same unified type of government

• The power of Grayskull

• The belief in a single god

• unique geography, culture, language and economy

A citizen of lower social class and tied to the land in Ancient Sparta was called a...

• Monarch

• Slave

• Helot

• Athenian

In Ancient Sparta your High Social Class was awarded for...

• The property you owned

• Your military achievements

• The family you were born to

• The money you had

Women in Sparta had fewer rights than women in other Ancient Greek City-States

• True

• False

Hellas, the name of Ancient Greece, comes from a founding citizen Hellen, not the Goddess Helen

• True

• False

What led to the Polis of Athens becoming the most wealthy and powerful Polis in the 6th Century?

• It's ability to rule through Democracy

• The discovery of silver in neighboring mountains

• It's Military

• It's wealth of timber and copper

Why was trade so increasingly important to Athens?

• More money kept people out of debt slavery

• They had a lot of silver to trade

• It made the gods happy

• They could not produce enough food for their population.