Classical Greece

The birthplace of many interesting ideas and practices. Home to many amazing buildings such as the Parthenon.

Athens was a Greek city-state (also known as a polis).

• True

• False

Athens is known for inventing this type of government.

Circle Athens and Sparta on the map.

The Athenians defeated the Persians in which two famous battles?

• The Battle of the Olympics

• The Battle of Marathon

• The Peloponnesian War

• The Battle of Salamis

Democracy was formed in Athens because...

• an influential man named Solon believed that having a large number of people in debt was bad. He forgave their debt and gave the poor more rights so that they could make money to live.

• when a small elite group of people ruled, the people did not have enough money to live and were dissatisfied with their government.

• Cleisthenes deliberately put different groups of people together so that they could learn to work together.

In a democracy,

• a leader makes the decisions for the people.

• a small group of people make decisions for everyone.

• people from outside locations determine what is best.

• citizens have the power to make decisions.

Cleisthenes is known as the...

What does it mean to be ostracized?

• Sent away for 10 years for being a "threat to society."

• Given an ostrich as a welcome gift.

• Sent to prison.

• Become a slave.

A man unfairly ostracized by the Athenians and later brought back to live in Athens.

• Pericles

• Themistocles

• "Aristides the Just"

• Herodotus