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Valeria Bautista
DATE
11-30-23
Guided Reading
CLASS
5
netw rks
The Ancient Greeks
Lesson 2 Sparta and Athens: City State Rivals
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
Why do people form governments?
Political Changes
Sequencing Below is a list of events. Some are true, some are
false. Select the four true events about political changes in Greece
in the 600s B.C. Mark each event as either true or false and then
list the four true events in sequence in the graphic organizer.
1. Land-owning nobles seized power from kings.
false
2. Nobles ruled the city-states for a long time.
true
3. I ncreasingly, the common people wanted a say
in government.
false
4. Tyrants seized power and ruled the city-states
harshly.
false
5. The kings fought the nobles and regained power.
true
6. The common people supported the tyrants over
the nobles.
true
7. Tyrants ruled the city-states fairly and made
changes.
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true
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Political Changes
18.
Land owning Nobles seized power
19.
People wanted a say in government
10.
Tyrants took over and ruled the city states fairly and made changes
11.
The common people supported the tyrants over the nobles
12. Identifying Why were merchants and artisans unable to
vote for changes in their city-states?
Because they didn't own land so they weren't considered citizens
The change that happened was that the government either got turned into a
democracy or a oligarchy
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13. Summarizing What change took place in the
governments of most Greek city-states from the
500s B.C. to 336 B.C.?
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Sparta: A Military Society
Explaining The first column below lists terms that were
important in Spartan society. In the second column, write a short
sentence explaining the significance of each term to Sparta.
Term
helots
Why Was It Important to Sparta?
14.
enslaved people in ancient sparta
military
15.
relating to soldiers, arms, or wars
oligarchy
16.
a government in which a small group has control
ephors
17.
iron bars
18.
This was their type of currency.
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a high-ranked government official in sparta who was elected by the
council of elders
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Cont.
The Ancient Greeks
Athens: A Young Democracy
19. Comparing and Contrasting Fill in the chart below with
information about the changes made by each Athenian
tyrant to the listed areas of Athenian life. (Note: Two
boxes will be blank.)
Three Athenian Tyrants
Area of
Peisistratus
Solon 594 b.c.
Athenian Life
560 b.c.
Open the laws and
Divided large estates
Assembly
Cleisthenes
507 b.c.
Males could join
assembly and vote for
laws.
courts to male men
for farmers
Citizenship
Freed those inslaved
Gave citizenship to
Athens who didn't
own land.
Economy
Ended farmer debts
Gave loans to farmers based on trade
to buy equipment
Held lottery to choose
council members
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20. Drawing Conclusions Based on the notes you have
taken above, what effect would you say the three tyrants
had on the political system of Athens?
It changed their laws and government over time and gave the people more
rights.
21. Contrasting Contrast life for girls in Athens with the life
of boys.
Girl stayed home and learn how to write and take care of the household. Boys
went to school and learn how to read write and do math.
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