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Warring City-States Section 2 p. 115-119 1. The ______________ was the fundamental political unit in ancient Greece. The ________________ is the public center of a citystate. The ____________________is he highest point in elevation in a Greek city-state. 2. Some city states had a ___________________, rule by a king, queen, or royal family. Some had an __________________, rule by a a small group of land-owning wealthy families. Others had an ____________, rule by a few powerful people 3. A New Kind of Army Emerges During the Dorian Age only the rich could afford expensive _____________ weapons and shields. __________ weapons are cheaper than bronze. 4. Foot soldiers were called _______________. Their fighting formation was called the _______________. It became the most powerful fighting force in the ancient world 5. Powerful individuals called _______________ gained control of the government by appealing to the _______ and discontented. 6. Unlike other Greek city-states, ____________ built a military government. Sparta conquered ____________ around 725 BC 7. Each year the Spartans demanded _______________of the helots yearly crop. Around _________ BC the Messenians revolted. Messenians outnumbered the Spartans ___________ to one. 8. Two groups governed Sparta, An ________________ – all free adult males. A ______________ ___ __________________ proposed laws on which the assembly voted. Five elected ____________ carried out the laws passes by the Assembly. Two ______________ ruled over Sparta’s military. 9. Military training for men began at age _____________. Boys left home and moved into ______________. Girls could not vote, but had more _____________ than women in other Greek city-states. 10. Athenians avoided the power struggles between rich and poor by starting a __________________, rule by the people. Only free adult ____________ counted as citizens and were allowed to vote. ____________ made up 1/3rd of the population. 11. In 621 BC ____________ wrote the first Greek legal code. It addressed ____________ ____________ in which poor farmers worked as slaves to pay debts. ___________________ outlawed debt slavery 12. __________________seized power in 546 BC after the death of Solon. He became one of Athens first tyrants. Cleisthenes reorganized the Assembly to break up the power of the _________________. He created the Council of ______________ _________________, they were chosen by lot and proposed laws. Only 1/5th of Athenians were actual citizens who could vote 13. The Persian Wars began in _________ on the coast of Anatolia where Greeks had established _________. Persians conquered the area in 520 BC. 14. The Persian fleet carried 25,000 men across the Aegean and landed at ________________. The Greeks charged and defeated the Persians. ___________ Persians and ________ Athenians were killed. A runner was sent from the battle sight to take message back to Athens. __________________ ran the distance, delivered the message, then collapsed and died 15. Thermopylae and Salamis -- ______________ – son of Darius tried to crush Greece Greeks were divided about what to do. At the battle of _______________, a narrow mountain pass, the outnumbered Greeks fought for three days before a traitor told the Persians about a secret path around the cliffs. 300 ______________ soldiers were killed 16. ___________________ was a sea victory for Athens. Xerxes watches as 1/3rd of his fleet is sunk. The remainder of the Persian army is defeated by Spartans at the Battle of ______________ in 479 BC Consequences of the Persian Wars 17. Athens used its powerful __________ to control the other members of the Delian League