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Textbook pages 127-133 Warring City-States
1. What were the advantages and disadvantages of the
city-state as a form of government?
2. Why would tyrants set up building programs?
3. Which Athenian leader’s reforms most resemble
aspects of U.S. democracy?
4. Why might logic and public speaking have been
emphasized more in Athens than in other citystates?
5. Why didn’t Spartans resist such an austere system?
6. What was meant by the comment “come back with
your shield or on it”?
7. How would festivals and sports strengthen a
community?
8. What advantages did Greece enjoy during the
Persian Wars?
9. If you were a leader of a small Greek city-state,
would you have joined the Delian League? Why or
Why Not.