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Ch 10 Athens Sparta
City-States
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History
7th Grade
03/28/2011

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Helots
Definition
enslaved people
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Cleisthenes
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noble who made 1st democratic constitution
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Marathon
Definition
battle won unexpectedly by the Greeks
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Agora
Definition
open area (marketplace)
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Polis
Definition
city-state
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Aristocrats
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nobles
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Pericles
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“first citizen” of Athens
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Nike
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Greek goddess of victory
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Darius
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Persian king; lost the Battle of Marathon
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Acropolis
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fortified hill
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Triremes
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warships with 3 levels of rowers
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Democratic
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favoring the equality of all people
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Xerxes
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son of Darius; won Battle of Thermopylae
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Thermopylae
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battle in a narrow pass where 300 Spartans led a brave but losing fight
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Magistrates
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judges
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Mercenaries
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hired soldiers
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Oligarchy
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govt. in which a few have ruling power
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Ephors
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5 managers who ran Spartan public affairs
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Constitution
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set of principles and rules for governing
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Perioeci
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merchants and artisans BUT not citizens
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military strength
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central interest of the city-state of Sparta
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Delian League
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alliance of city-states against Persia;led by Athens
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Council of 500
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group chosen by lot that ran Athenian government
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give birth to strong, fit babies
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reason Spartan women had to be physically fit
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spent too much time on war
depended on slave labor
feared change
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3 reasons Sparta remained a poor farming society
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crowd everyone into Athens; use navy and Long Walls to get food
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Pericles' plan for Athens in the Peloponnesian War
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plague breaks out killing 1/3 of Athenians
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reason Athenian plan in Peloponnesian War fails
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Spartans gain Athenian silver mines and 20,000 slaves
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turning point in the Peloponnesian War
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vote
hold public office
own property
speak in court
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4 rights of every Greek citizen
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participate in government
defend the polis
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2 duties of every Greek citizen
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Peloponnesian League
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Athens led the Delian League; Sparta led the...
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Council of Elders
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Athens had the Council of 500; Sparta had the ....
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needed a chaperone
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Spartan women had freedom; women in Athens ....
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Ionian Revolt
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cause of the First Persian War
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Leonidas
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Spartan King that led the 300 Spartans and 7,000 Greeks at Thermopylae
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Themistocles
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Athenian leader that had 100's of triremes built before the Second Persian War
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Salamis
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narrow bay where 300 Athenian triremes defeated 500 Persian ships
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Pheidippides
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Athenian herald who yelled "Nike!" and died
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Dardanelles Strait (Hellespont)
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location where King Xerxes built a boat bridge
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evacuation of Athens
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even though Thermopylae was loss for the Greeks it allowed enough time for the...
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more Athenians to particpate in government
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reforms made by Solon and Cleisthenes allowed....
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the geography of Greece to their advantage; fought Persians in NARROW places limiting their numerical advantage
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reason Greeks were successful against the Persians was that the Greeks always used....
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