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Do Now
Greece
November 30-December 5, 2011
STATEMENT
Informational Passage
Please write
the days
ESSENTIAL
QUESTION IN
THE BOX
http://greece.mrdonn.org/geograph
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Does the
Category
informational
passage support or 1. Accessibility
disprove the
statement? Explain. Diffusion
(Highlight only the information that supports
or disproves the statement.)
Complimentarity
2. 5 Themes of
Geography
(1pt)
1. It is easy to
travel from
place to place
in Greece
Greece is a peninsula, which means that
it is surrounded on three sides by water.
Greece has a lot of smaller peninsulas
sticking out from it, which means
Greece enjoys many natural harbors.
Greece is also covered with mountains.
They are not huge mountains but if you
are trying to go from place to place in
Greece, you'll find the mountains a bit
of a hindrance.
Three thousand years ago, it was very
difficult to get from place to place in
ancient Greece by walking. But it was
easy to get from place to place in
(2 pts)
(4pts)
Greece by boat.
In the ancient world that grew up
around the Mediterranean Sea, the
Greeks became known as great sailors.
They sailed about the Mediterranean,
setting up colonies and outposts where
they could.
2. Greeks had a
CITY STATES:
strong belief
Athens and Sparta were the two most
in Nationalism important city-states in ancient Greece, or so
they believed. But they were not the only
city-states. There were many city-states in
the ancient Greek world. Each was important
in its own way. The Greeks who lived in
each city-state were proud of their
hometown. They were also proud to be
Greek. All Greeks, wherever they made their
home, had things in common.
TO BE GREEK:
The ancient Greeks spoke the same language.
They believed in the same gods. They shared
a common heritage. They perceived
themselves as Greeks.
3. There were
only one form
of government
in Greece
TO BE A CITIZEN OF A CITY-STATE:
The ancient Greeks referred to themselves,
however, as citizens of their hometown their city-state. Each city-state (polis) had its
own personality, goals, laws and customs.
Ancient Greeks were very loyal to their citystate.
There were three main forms of government
in ancient Greece:
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Monarchy: Rule by a king. One citystate whose government was a
monarchy was the city-state of
Corinth.
Oligarchy: Rule by a small group.
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4. The roots of
Democracy
originated
from Greece
One city-state whose government was
an oligarchy was the city-state of
Sparta.
Democracy: Rule by the citizens,
voting in an assembly. One city-state
whose government experimented for
about a hundred years with
democracy was the ancient city-state
of Athens.
Over 2400 years ago, the famous Greek
general, Pericles, said, "It is true that we
(Athenians) are called a democracy, for the
administration is in the hands of the many
and not the few, with equal justice to all alike
in their private disputes."
Only in Athens, and only for a short time,
"rule by many" meant that all citizens had to
be willing to take an active part in
government. That was the law.
Each year, 500 names were drawn from all
the citizens of Athens. Those 500 citizens
had to serve for one year as the law makers
of ancient Athens.
All citizens of Athens were required to vote
on any new law that this body of 500 citizens
created. One man, one vote, majority ruled.
Women, children, and slaves were not
citizens, and thus could not vote.
5. A Greeks
contributed
very little to the
legal process of
the world
Juries in Athens started around 500 BCE
There was no public prosecutor. Anybody
could bring charges against another person or
persons and start a trial. But there were rules.
Here’s how it worked:
TO OPEN OR BEGIN A TRIAL:
Tell the person. You had to have witnesses.
If you wanted to start a trial, you could go to
someone’s house, bring along some
witnesses, tell the person involved the
charges you were bringing.
Then, you had to give them a date and a time
to appear in court where they would then
have a chance to defend themselves.
Post a written notice. You had to write
down all the information – the person’s
name, your name, the charges, and the date
when and location where you are going to
trial – and post it near the courthouse.
Summarize the information that you have learned in this Do Now packet.
YOUR SUMMARY: MUST CONTAIN INFORMATION FROM EVERY DAY
Must utilize all of the underlined vocabulary words