Greece
Describe a tyranny.
A military leader made political decisions
How does modern American democracy differ from ancient Athenian democracy.
All citizens voted in an ancient Athenian democracy and in a modern American democracy citizens vote for representatives to vote for them.
Describe an oligarchy.
Aristocrats made political decisions
Name and describe the three types of columns for which the Greeks are known.
Doric-a simple column, Ionic-a little complex and sort of detailed, Corninthian-very detailed and super complex
American court systems use juries of citizens because what ancient country developed democracy?
Greece
Alexander built with these features: and agora, a temple, a theater, and a university. Why did he design cities this way?
He loved Greek agriculture an he wanted to spread Greek culture
How did Athenian direct democracy differ from American representative democracy?
In Athenian direct democracy all citizens voted and in an American representative democracy citizens vote for representatives to vote for them.
Where did Greeks think their God and Goddesses lived?
In Mount Olympus
Where did Athenian women have the most influence?
In their house
Describe a democracy.
It is ruled by the people
What was an important result of the Persian wars?
It preserved Greek independence.
In Athen's democracy who is allowed to speak at the Assembly?
Men citizen
What are myths?
Myths explain why natural or historic events happened
What is it called when a small group of very wealthy men run a government?
Oligarchy
Name the landform on which Greece is located.
Peninsula
How do most tyrants lose power?
People overthrew them.
What was most surprising about the outcome of the Persian wars?
The Greeks won with less land and fewer people
Describe a monarchy.
The king has power
Why was it difficult to travel to Greece?
There were a lot of mountains
Why were Greek communities isolated?
There were high mountains everywhere
What was one result of ancient Greeks not having enough farmland to feed themselves?
They went and established other colonies
The Battle of Marathon, the Battle of Salamis, and the Battle of Thermopolae all have what one thing in common?
They were all won using clever, military strategies
What was the main purpose of Athenian education for boys?
To produce good citizens
What was the main purpose of Spartan education?
To produce soldiers