Lesson 27 Vocabulary-Life in Two City-States: Athens and Sparta

A city-state of ancient Greece that was the first to have a democracy; also known as the birthplace of Western civilization; the capital of present-day Greece.

• Corinth
• Sparta
• Thebes
• Athens

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CCSS.RI.2.7

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CCSS.RI.4.7

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CCSS.RI.6.7

Since ________ is only four miles from the Aegean Sea, its location encouraged Athenians to look outward toward the world beyond the city.

• Sparta
• Athens
• Corinth
• Thebes

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CCSS.RI.2.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

A city-state of ancient Greece, known for its military oligarchy.

• Thebes
• Sparta
• Athens
• Corinth

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CCSS.RI.2.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

In contrast, _______ was more isolated because it was located on a narrow plain on a peninsula in southern Greece known as the Peloponnesus.

• Thebes
• Sparta
• Corinth
• Athens

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CCSS.RI.2.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

A peninsula forming the southern part of the mainland of Greece.

• Macedonia
• Peloponnesus

• Thessaly
• Crete

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CCSS.RI.2.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

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In contrast, Sparta was more isolated because it was located on a narrow plain on a peninsula in southern Greece known as the ______________.

• Thessaly
• Peloponnesus
• Attica
• Boeotia

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CCSS.RI.2.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

In Athens, a group of 500 citizens chosen to form a council responsible for running the day-to-day business of government.

• Assembly

• Ekklesia
• Council of 500

• Demos

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Every citizen could participate in the city's government. A group called the __________________ met every day.

• Assembly
• Board
• Committee
• Council of 500

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

A marketplace in ancient Greee.

• Stoa
• Acropolis
• Pnyx
• Agora

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Athenians exchanged goods at a huge marketplace called the ___________.

• agora

• stoa

• pnyx

• acropolis

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E