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Ancient Greece
6 social studies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| City state where democracy began? | Athens |
| On what continent is Greece located? | Europe |
| Give 2 words to describe the geography of Greece? | Mountains and islands |
| Give 3 examples of how the Greeks depended on the sea? | Transportation, trade, and food |
| For what 2 reasons did the Greeks begin to join city-states together around 900 B.C.? | Protection and stability |
| What were the 2 results of this trading all around the med sea? | The people became much richer, and it became a great trading center. |
| A government ruled by a few powerful people? | Oligarchy |
| What are 3 bodies of water that surround the Greek peninsula? | Med sea, lonian, Aegean |
| famous elected leader of Greece from 460-429 B.C.? | Pericles |
| Greece is the birthplace of what? | democracy |
| tyrant? | A leader who held power through the use of force. |
| how many people commonly served on a jury? | 200-6000 (500 is more common) |
| What does Democracy mean? | rule by the people |