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Social Studies
Chapter 7:The Glory of ancient Greece
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Athens | a city-state in ancient Greece |
| Men were... | active in politics |
| Agora | public marketplace and meeting place, center of public life |
| In Athens, the climate was... | Mild |
| The men discussed... | Politics, Philosophy |
| Vendors | sellers of goods |
| Haggle | to bargain |
| Athenian architecture: | very beautiful, admired beauty, columns |
| Women in Athens: | stayed at home, secluded lives, needed to be protected, needed to be guided by men, no freedom, no politics/no voting, could not own property,#1 job was to run the home and family |
| Slavery | condition of being owned by someone else |
| Slavery in Athens: | Slaves did most of the work in Athens, the people rarely questioned slavery, most slaves in Greece were foreigners |
| The Lives of Slaves: | No privileges/Jobs of Slaves: Farmers, miners, taking care of the kids in the household they work for |
| Sparta | a city-state in southern Greece |
| Life in Sparta was... | harsh and cruel |
| They were... | tough, silent, and grim people |
| The Spartans were a... | very powerful war machine |