The Classical Western World:
Ancient Greek Civilization
Part I: Terms/Wars
• Government by the nobility
• Aristocracy
Part I: Terms/Wars
• Government by all of the citizens
• Direct Democracy
Part I: Terms/Wars
• This war included the battle of
Thermopylae, or the 300
• Persian War
Part I: Terms/Wars
• Government by one person,
usually a king or queen
• Monarchy
Part I: Terms/Wars
• The Greek word for city-state
• Polis
Part I: Terms/Wars
• This war led to the Golden Age of
Athens
• Persian War
Part I: Terms/Wars
• Early militaristic Greek civilization
that was ruled by a warrior-king
• Mycenae
Part I: Terms/Wars
• Government by a small group of
wealthy citizens
• Oligarchy
Part I: Terms/Wars
• This war may have resulted from
an economic rivalry
• Trojan War
Part I: Terms/Wars
• In this war, Athens and Sparta
fought on the same side
• Persian War
Part I: Terms/Wars
• In this war, Athens and Sparta
were enemies
• Peloponnesian War
Part I: Terms/Wars
• This war RESULTED in disunity
among the Greek city-states
• Persian War
Part I: Terms/Wars
• The banishment of a public figure
who has threatened democracy
• Ostracism
Part II: Athens/Sparta/Both
• The primary focus of education
was to train prospective soldiers
• Sparta
Part II: Athens/Sparta/Both
• Women were treated with
respect, but had no political
rights
• Sparta
Part II: Athens/Sparta/Both
• Ruled by a democracy
• Athens
Part II: Athens/Sparta/Both
• Metics (foreign aliens)
• Athens
Part II: Athens/Sparta/Both
• Ruled by an oligarchy
• Sparta
Part II: Athens/Sparta/Both
• Perioci (free men that did not
own land)
• Sparta
Part II: Athens/Sparta/Both
• Women had no rights and were
to stay out of political affairs
• Athens
Part II: Athens/Sparta/Both
• Boys entered school at the age of
7
• Both
Part II: Athens/Sparta/Both
• Captured outsiders and used as
Helots
• Sparta
Part II: Athens/Sparta/Both
• Citizens had to have been born
within the city-state
• Athens
Part II: Athens/Sparta/Both
• Council of Elders
• Sparta
Part III: Values – Athens or Sparta?
• Conformity
• Sparta
Part III: Values – Athens or Sparta?
• Beauty
• Athens
Part III: Values – Athens or Sparta?
• Humor
• Athens
Part III: Values – Athens or Sparta?
• Modesty
• Sparta
Part III: Values – Athens or Sparta?
• Individuality
• Athens
Part III: Values – Athens or Sparta?
• Debate
• Athens
Part III: Values – Athens or Sparta?
• Endurance
• Sparta
Part IV: True or False?
• The acropolis was the public
meeting place of the city-state
• True
Part IV: True or False?
• The Peloponnesian League
formed before the Delian League
• False
Part IV: True or False?
• Religion was a major source of
conflict between the city-states
• False
Part IV: True or False?
• All of the Greek city-states were
democratically governed
• False
Part IV: True or False?
• The Delian League was an
alliance of Greek city-states
• True
Part IV: True or False?
• After the Persian War, Athens
entered a Golden Age
• True
Part V: Unity or Disunity?
• All of the Greeks spoke the same
language
• Unity
Part V: Unity or Disunity?
• Festivals such as the Olympics
• Unity
Part V: Unity or Disunity?
• The Greeks Believed they were all
descendants of Helen
• Unity
Part V: Unity or Disunity?
• The existence of slavery
• Disunity
Part V: Unity or Disunity?
• Geographic features
• Disunity
Part V: Unity or Disunity?
• Considered themselves citizens of
a polis before citizens of Greece
• Disunity
Part V: Unity or Disunity?
• Fear of the Persians
• Unity
Part VI: Alexander the Great
• Alexander the Great was from
this region located just north of
Greece
• Macedonia
Part VI: Alexander the Great
• Hellenistic culture, as established
by Alexander, included these four
cultures
• Greek, Persian, Egyptian, and
Indian