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Ancient Greece 1-4

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  • government led by small group 0f rich, powerful men
    oligarchy
  • How did geography develop city-states?
    mountains isolated city-sates which became independent; did not unite under one government
  • a phalanx is
    heavily armed foot soldier who moved together as a unit
  • land almost completely surrounded by water
    peninsula
  • Who were citizens of Athens?
    free males, had he right o vote, own land and slaves
  • public building on a high hill
    acropolis
  • a tenant farmer
    pays rent to grow crops on another person's land
  • forced laborers
    helot
  • What was the role of women in Athens?
    few rights; took care of homes, raised children, kept track of money, managed slaves
  • government run by a strict ruler
    tyranny
  • rulers who inherited power
    artistocracy
  • word for he art and practice of government
    politics
  • What was he impact of Homer's poems, "Iliad and Odyssey" on the Greek?
    expressed values of courage, honor, family loyalty, cleverness, and ambition
  • Capital of modern day Greece
    Athens
  • largest Island
    Crete
  • What was he role of women in Sparta?
    could sell their own property, educated, trained in sports,
  • people who met to make laws and discuss issues
    citizens
  • families have control of a government and pass that control to their children
    monarchy
  • A helot is a
    forced laborer in Sparta
  • Another name for a city-stae
    polis
  • considered a military state
    Sparta
  • citizens elect others to represent them
    representative democracy