A | B |
a form of democracy in which all citizens can participate firsthand in the decision-making process | Direct Democracy |
a form of democracy in which citizens elect officials to govern on their behalf | Representative Democracy |
a person who searches for wisdom or enlightenment | Philosopher |
to go with someone as a companion | Accompany |
To have enough of something | Sufficient |
a period of 10 years | Decade |
A battle of war | Conflict |
To attach a sense of importance to something; to express the importance of something | Emphasize |
How many years did Pericles rule over Athens | 30 years |
Pericles appointed people to serve in the government by | their ability rather than their social status |
What accomplishments did Pericles have as a leader? | Rebuilt Athens, supported artists, writers, philosophers, teachers and sculpters |
The battle at Thermopylae was between | Athens (Greek city-states) vs Persia |
Who was the king of Persia at this time? | Xerxes |
Who was the general for Athens? | Pericles |
Who was the King of Sparts? | Leonidas |
How many Spartan warriors came to Thermopylae? | 300 |
How many days did the battle at Thermopylae last | 3 |
What type of Democracy did Athens practice | Direct Democracy |
How many men were in the Athens assembly? | 43,000 |
By 400 B.C. Athens was known as what? | The largest of all the Greek city-states |
About how many people were citizens of Athens? | 285,000 people |
What was the role for men in Athens? | Men were farmers, artisans and merchants who spent mornings working, afternoons exercising and evening eating, drinking and talking politics and philosophy |
What was the role for women in Athens? | A woman's focus was on home and family which meant having children, taking care of household and children. Wealthy women could travel with male relatives but did not attend school. Poor women tended fields and worked in the family business |
What was the role of slavery in Athens? | Slavery was common with many households having at least one slave. Slaves worked on farms, in shops or worked hard labor. Women who were slaves were cooks and servants in wealthy homes |
The Athenian economy was focused on: | Farming with grapes and olives being key. Shipbuilding and trade were also key to Athens success. |
What was the Delian League? | A group of city-states who gave Athens money to maintain a working army/navy to protect the greek city-states |
What city-state controlled the Delian League? | Athens |
What is the cause of the Peloponnesian War? | Sparta and other city-states feel they are being taken advantage of by Athens |
The Peloponnesian war began in 431 B.C. and ended in 404 B.C. How many years did the war last? | 27 years |
Why did Athens lose the Peloponnesian War? | Disease broke out in Athens, Sparta builds a navy, Athenians are held captive behind their wall |
What were the effects on the war? | Death and disease weakened Athens, thousands of Greeks flee and join the Persian army and Macedonia's strength goes unnoticed by the Greeks |