Ancient Greece and Rome

What is a polis?

• A Greek word for city-state

• A rich landowner

• A public meeting place in Rome

Who had more freedoms- Spartan women or Athenian women?

• Spartan women

• Athenian women

What was Rome's code of law called?

• Hammurabi's Code

• Twelve Tables

• New Roman Law

• The Forum

Differences between the city-states of Athens and Sparta were...

• They were basically the same

• Athens gave women more rights than Sparta

• Sparta was military based and Athens was educational based

• Athens was military based and Sparta was educational based

Democracy means...

• People rule themselves

• Three people share power

• A group elects leaders to govern them

• One person is in charge

What parts of Italy's geography benefited the Romans?

• The Tiber River and Mediterranean Sea

• Mild climate

• Hills for defense

• All of the above

Because of Greece's geography, what did the Greeks have to be skillful at?

• Farmers and merchants

• Sailors, shipbuilders, merchants

• Warriors and sailors

Which war began because Greek cities did not want Athens to gain too much power?

• Peloponnesian War

• Persian War

• Trojan War

What is a forum?

• The Greek word for city-state

• Public meeting place in Rome

• A government building

In what 2 ways is the U.S. government is similar to to the Roman government?

• They both include 3 branches of government

• They don't have similarities

• Neither of them ever change

• The 12 Tables and the U.S. Constiturion