| A | B |
|---|
| Why transportation and communication hard in ancient Greece? | Mountainous terrain |
| WD--POLIS | a Greek city-state, origin word for words such as politics and police |
| These are often included in the literature, art, architecture, and politics of Western civilization | mythological symbols and images |
| Beliefs of the ancient Greek religion | powerful gods and goddesses, gods live on Mt. Olympus, gods with human forms and human characteristics |
| Description of the Greek mainland | mountains, good harbors, limited arable land |
| What the Odyssey is about | Travels of Odysseus while trying to return home |
| Main crops of Greece | grapes, olives, figs |
| Story of the Iliad | First 10 years of the Trojan War |
| Greeks replaced their barter economy with this | money economy |
| Where ancient Greeks went to shop | agora |
| were not citizens of Greece | women, slaves, foreigners--also called metics |
| A person who takes part in the government | citizen |
| Why Greek colonies spread | overcrowding, to get more food |
| Type of religion in Greece | polytheistic |
| A government ruled by nobles | aristocracy |
| Citizens in Greek city-states were this | male landowners |
| Civilization which ended because of earthquakes and invasions | Minoan |
| Greeks lived on the coast, so they did this job | overseas trade |
| 3 purposes of myths | explain natural phenomena, explain life events, explain human qualities |
| An important trade route for the Greeks | Aegean Sea |
| Person who wrote Iliad and Odyssey | Homer |
| Noble or member of the upper class | aristocrat |
| Fought in the Trojan War | Mycenae and Troy |
| Greek god of light, sun, and music | Apollo |
| The Greeks did this for arable land and wanted to ease overpopulation | Founded colonies |
| Rights of Greek citizens | vote, hold public office, own property |
| King of the gods | Zeus |
| Goddess of love and beauty | Aphrodite |
| Goddess of the hunt | Artemis |
| Zeus' wife, goddess of fertility | Hera |
| WD-MONARCHY | GOVERNMENT RULED BY A KING OR A ROYAL FAMILY |
| WD-OLIGARCHY | GOVERNMENT IN WHICH A SMALL GROUP HOLDS POLITICAL POWER |
| WD-TYRANNY | GOVERNMENT IN WHICH POWER IS IN THE HANDS OF A PERSON WHO HAS SEIZED CONTROL |
| WD-DEMOCRACY | GOVERNMENT IN WHICH CITIZENS HOLD POWER |
| aristocracy | Referring to the upper class/nobility as a group or whole |
| DON'T FORGET TO STUDY YOUR SIMILARITIES & DIFFERENCES.... | BETWEEN ATHENS AND SPARTA--So, study your chart |
| Also, your short answer/discussion question will be for you to explain... | the effect that Greece's geography and terrain will have on its development of polises and civilization |
| slaves in Ancient Greece were called | helots |
| Foreigners in Ancient Greece were called | metics |
| Council of 500 | a legislative body in Athens similar to our Congress in the USA |
| Most common form of government in Sparta | Oligarchy (Rule by a select group of elders called Ephors) |
| Ultimate form of government in Athens | Democracy |
| Hellenic | refers to Greek culture |
| made many reforms in government in Athens as tyrant and did not abuse his power | Cleisthenes |
