Ancient Greece

What natural feature extends throughout Greece, influencing the growth of individual city-states and lack of farmland for large-scale farming?

• Mountains

• Deserts

• Oceans

• Plateaus

This vocabulary term describes a political system where an independent, sovereign city serves as the center of political, economic, and cultural life of the territory. Two examples are Sparta and Athens.

• Oligarchy

• City-state (polis)

• Military state

• Tyranny

A type of government where people vote (government of and by the people). It existed (and started in) ATHENS!

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

This is a type of government that is ruled by few people (a small group of people), typically people with money. It existed in SPARTA!

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

The strongest branch of Athens' military was...

• Army

• Coast Guard

• Air Force

• Navy

The strongest branch of Sparta's military was...

• Army

• Coast Guard

• Air Force

• Navy

The Persians wanted to take over a LOT of territories! In fact, the Persian War began because Persia was angry that the Greeks sent supplies, troops, and weapons to _, a Greek city-state near Persia that was rebelling at the time.

• Sparta

• Athens

• Ionia

• Delian League

During the Persian War, the Greeks defeated the Persians using a tactic where men stood in a formation and yielded long spears. They would CHARGE at their enemy! This tactic is called _.

• Phalanx

• Navy

• Archery

• Sparta

After the Greeks stood up to the Persians and won the war, Athens created a coalition called the _. This group was essentially an alliance of Greek city-states, and its purpose was to protect and prepare in the case of another Persian invasion.

• United Nations

• Sparta

• Delian League

• Navy

Athens ended up taking money from the Delian League and used it to rebuild their own city. This angered _, who then waged a war on Athens called the Peloponnesian War.

• Athens

• Persia

• Ionia

• Sparta