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43 Cards in this Set
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What type of government was inherited and ruled by a king?
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Monarchy
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Governmentof all city states startedwith this type of government
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Monarchy
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Was ruled by a group of well-to-do nobles
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Aristocracy
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This was also caled oligarchy
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Aristocracy
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Someone who took over the government by force
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A tyrant
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Citizens elected leaders and helped make
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Democracy
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Name the three classes of people that live in the city-state of Sparta
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Upper class, perioeci, helots
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Only Spartan citizens and their families belonged to this group
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Upper class
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In the city state of Sparta
Worked as artisans and marchants |
Perioeci
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Sparta
Were not citizens and were free |
Perioeci
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Were slaves and the lowest class in Sparta
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Helots
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Why did Sparta develop such a strong army?
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Fear of a helot rebellion (slave)
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What was the main purpose of the government?
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To build a strong, disciplined army
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What city state had a totalitarian government?
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Sparts
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Why did the Spartans not have a city wall like the other city states?
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They thought that a city with Spartan men had no need for a wall
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Babies were examined in Sparta by whom?
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The officials
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What age were Spartan boys taken to the military?
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7 or 8
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Until what age were the Spartan boys trained to?
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Age 20
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At what age were Spartan men expected to marry?
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Age 30
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At what age were Spartan women expected to marry?
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Age 19
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At what age were Spartan men expected to retire?
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Age 60
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Was physical fitness encouraged in Spartan women?
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Yes
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How many kings did Sparta have?
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Two kings that jointly ruled
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The city-state of Athens was named for what deity?
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The goddess Athena
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An Athenian tyrant that had a new code of laws written
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Draco
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Penalties of his laws were very strict
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Draco
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"Extreme cruelty or severity"
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draconian
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What Athenian stopped the practice of debt slavery?
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Solon
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"Lawmaker o legislator"
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solon
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The city state that was the first in Greece to use democracy
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Athens
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Citizens were
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Free adult males
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What was the Assembly?
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The lawmaking body
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Athens was a _ democracy
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pure
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A representative democracy is also called a
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republic
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A representative democracy is defined as
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when voters elect representatives to make the laws for them
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Why were juries so large?(201-1001) in Athens?
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To make it difficult to bribe or threaten the jury
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Were lawyers used in Athens?
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No
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Once a year, the Assembly could expel one Athenian citizen from Athens for 10 years. What is this called?
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Ostracism
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Did an ostracized person lose his citizenship or property?
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No
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In addition to foot soldiers, an army had
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Archers, javelin throwers and sling shooters
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What are greaves?
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Armor from the knee down
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Name the 6 things that a person would take into battle
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Sword, shield, spear, helmet, chest armor and greaves
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Name the three types of government
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Monarchy, aristocracy and oligarchy
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