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Greek Polis
Q and A for the Greek Polis
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| With Greece being mountainous in nature, how were cities formed? | They were smaller regions being between mountains or coastal plains |
| What was the political structure of Greece? | Polis were the dominant governing bodies in Greece. |
| How did Greece appear in terms of how life was? What events characterized this? | Greek life looked to have conflict and instability. Events like the Trojan War and the invasion of Sea Peoples. |
| What is a Polis? What did they do? | Polis were citadels that gave protection during war. These centers also taxed outside agricultural regions. |
| How did Polis organize themselves? | Polis was a mix of many different structures like monarchies, oligarchies, militaristic societies, and proto democracies. |
| What is a tyrant? | Ruler that does not follow set laws |
| What is an oligarchy? | Small powerful groups running state-city governments |
| What is a democracy | Governments allowing for voting and participating on state decisions |
| what were the two most powerful city-states in Greece? How were both structured? | Sparta that had two kings/oligarchal system and Athens, that used a democratic system |
| Sparta was located where? | Southern Greece, Peloponnesus |
| For Spartans, who were Helots? | People from surrounding villages that were a class of unfree laborers. |
| Helots and Slaves were different how? | Helots could have families and some freedom, though they were tied to land and had to supply Spartans with food. |
| Sparta had a different social hierarchy, in terms of what? | Social hierarchy was more determined by military achievments |
| How did focuses on strength and discipline affect young Spartans? | Male Spartans at an early age were sent to military training at age 7, they were then sent into duty in their early teens. |
| How was Sparta ruled? | Had two kings that hailed from powerful families |
| Explain the Gerousia | It was a high court that was made up of a council of elders |
| Executive Committee members were who and how many were there? | They called the Ephors, five of them were chosen from the citizen body. |
| How much freedom did women have in Sparta? | They had more freedom than any city-state did. They owned property, wealth, able to wear non-constricting clothing, did athletic, and could drink wine. |
| What was Athens like economically? How does it relate to their agriculture? | Athens had much wealth/power from silver they amassed, as well was a center for trading that they relied on as they did not have enough farmland for the population |
| Describe the early years of Athens. | Wealth was a few people that were political members, many others were in debt. Lack of laws and slave debt was present during this time. |
| The first laws were Draconian in nature, how so? | Most penalties resulted in death. |
| How did Solon revise the laws of Athens? | He removed debts and abolished slavery, created opportunities for common people to be part of the government. |
| When did Pericles led Athens? | 461 - 429 BCE |
| Explain the golden age of Athens. | Thinkers, writers, and artists emerged from this age. This created many artworks, medicines, and sciences. |
| How did Athens limit its institutions? | Only Greek males were allowed for Athenian democracy, foreigners, slaves, and women were not allowed. |
| How much freedom did Athenian women have? | They could only do domestic duties, like raising children and household management. Those who were literate were only given what's needed to do such duties. Male chaperones were required for women to travel public |
| How were slaves important to Athens? | They raised crops, did construction, and worked in mines and quarries. They carried out many domestic duties in households. |
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