1. D: 12/3/12
A: Notes on Ancient Greece
S: How did Ancient Greece
influence democracy?
H: None
w.o.d: city-state
Warm-Up: Answer questions 1 & 2
under Connecting to Math on pg. 266
Write the questions and answers.
2. Word of the Day
Word Definition Sentence Picture
City and its After the fall
City-state surrounding of the Roman
countryside Empire .
5. I. Geography of Greece
A.Greece is a small country in southern
Europe.
B.Greece is on the Aegean &
Mediterranean Seas.
C.The main part of Greece in on a
peninsula.
D.The rest of Greece is made up of
islands.
6. II. Greek City-States
A. Because Greece is made up of many islands,
and has many tall mountains, the Greeks
built city-states instead of one country.
B. A city-state is a city with its own laws,
rulers and money
C. Greek city-states acted like their own
countries
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9. III. Sparta
A. Sparta was located in the south.
B. Sparta was very powerful and had its own
army.
C. Sparta conquered other city-states to gain
wealth and power.
D. There were three classes of people in
Sparta.
10. IV. Sparta’s Classes
A. Only men born in Sparta were citizens but could
not vote until age 30.
B. Women were not allowed to become citizens
but were allowed to own land and businesses,
which gave them more freedom than other city-
states.
C. The second class was people who came from
other places. They could own businesses but not
land and could not become citizens.
D. The third class was slaves.
11. V. Sparta’s Warriors
A. Education was centered around the
military.
B. Young boys were taken from their parents
at age 7 and trained to be soldiers as well
as good in sports such as running.
C. Girls were also trained to be good in
sports.
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13. VI. Athens
A. Located northeast from Sparta, Athens was
another city-state.
B. The people of Athens wanted to rule
themselves and not have a monarchy.
C. Athens became the world’s first democracy
around 508 B.C.
D. A democracy is a government in which all
citizens can vote and have equal say in what
happens.
14. VII. Democracy in Athens
A. Only Athenian men were able to be citizens
so only they could vote.
B. Women, people born outside of Athens, and
slaves could not vote.
C. Each year 500 names were picked of all
citizens and these 500 would serve in the
assembly for 1 year.
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16. VIII. Pericles
A. Pericles was the leader of creating
democracy in Athens.
B. He was a well know general,
Olympian, & politician
C. Pericles had many buildings like the
Acropolis and the Parthanon built.
18. IX. Education in Athens
A. Education was very important in
Athens.
B. Boys went to school to learn to read
and write. They also learned many
sports.
C. Girls were not given any formal
education.
19. X. The Greek Alphabet
A. The Greeks borrowed their
alphabet from the Phoenicians.
B. Most European languages,
including English borrowed
ideas from the Greek alphabet.
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21. XI. The Thinkers
A. Socrates
I. Tried to explain the natural of life
II. Taught by asking questions
III. The Socratic Method
B. Plato
I. Was a student of Socrates
II. Started a school called The Academy
C. Aristotle
I. Was a student of Plato
II. Wrote about science, art, law & government and poetry
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23. XII. Alexander the Great
A. Alexander the Great was the son of King Phillip II of
Macedonia located north of Greece.
B. He was a student of Aristotle and thus loved Greek way of
life.
C. During Alexander’s youth his father conquered much of
Greece.
D. After the Kings death Alexander conquered the rest of
Greece, Persia, Egypt, the Middle East and Northern India
allowing all place to govern themselves as long as they were
loyal.
E. He also shared the Greek way of life.
F. Alexander died at age 33 from malaria but never lost a
battle.
