Early Greece 2

Question 1

Polis

Answer 1

a city-state, or political unit, which was made up of a city and its surrounding countryside

Question 2

Acropolis

Answer 2

a fortified hilltop where citizens gathered

Question 3

Monarchy

Answer 3

a single person (king) rules the government

Question 4

Aristocracy

Answer 4

a government ruled by a small group of noble, landowning families

Question 5

Oligarchy

Answer 5

a government ruled by a few powerful people

Question 6

Tyrant

Answer 6

powerful individuals who took control of the government by appealing to the common people for support

Question 7

Democracy

Answer 7

government ruled by the people

Question 8

Helot

Answer 8

peasants forced to stay on the land they worked

Question 9

Phalanx

Answer 9

a fearsome formation used in fighting

Question 10

Persian Wars

Answer 10

wars between Greece&Persia began in Ionia on the coast of Anatolia. Greece won.

Question 11

Draco’s code

Answer 11

created the idea that all peoples are equal under the law

Question 12

Solon

Answer 12

outlawed slavery

Question 13

Cleisthenes

Answer 13

organized people into groups based on wealth or where they lived