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Who were the ancient Greeks:
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Where is Greece?
Greece is a ________________________ country in
________________________ .
What is the terrain like in Greece?
It has an area of mainland, which is ________________________ , and
________________________ of small ________________________ dotted
around in the ________________________ .
The largest island is ________________________ which is in
________________________ Sea.
Greece has a ________________________ , ________________________
climate with temperatures that ________________________ at about
________________________ C in the ________________________
months, lowering to between ________________________ C and
________________________ C in the ________________________
months.
When was Ancient Greece?
The ancient greek civilization lived ________________________ .
How was ancient Greece governed?
The Greeks lived in ________________________ ________________________ , each one like a small town in the United
States today, with no more than about ________________________ people
in each city-state.
Each state had its own ________________________ ,
________________________ and ________________________ but they
shared the ________________________ .
These city-states - ________________________ ,
________________________ , ________________________ ,
________________________ - were always ________________________ .
Often they would get together in leagues, a lot of city-states together, to
________________________ .
Comparing Athens and Sparta
We know much about ________________________ because
________________________ and ________________________ , whose
work has survived to this day. It was a city with lots of
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________________________ , ________________________ and
________________________ .
Much less evidence survives about _______ than Athens, but we do know
that ____________________. Sparta was surrounded by _____________
________________________. Sparta was the only city state which had a
full time________. The Spartan men were well known for ______________
and _______ , and they spent their whole lives _______ and ___________.
Who governed Athens?
In __________ a new way of ____________ was invented in _______.
'Demokratia', from which we get our word '____________', means
‘________________'.
Who were citizens of Athens?
Athens did not have _________, it was ruled by __________________.
The people of Athens believed that _____________________________
_________________________________________________________.
Any man with ____________________, where they could ____________.
Public _____ like this ________ how the city was run.
Which groups of people were not citizens of Athens?
Athenian democracy was __________ modern democracy. Only citizens
over__________. ________, _________ and __________ could not
become citizens. So democracy in Athens meant rule by the ____ of ____.
Who governed Sparta?
Sparta had its own system of government which was _________________
___________. Rule was ________ between _____ kings, the Gerousia
and the Assembly.
Who were citizens of Sparta?
Perioeci were citizens who paid______, served in the _____ and were
protected by ________ ______. Perioeci citizens were given ______
which was farmed for them by the _______. The Helots were treated as
______ and had to give half their crops to their Spartan master.
Helots were people from _________________ and ______ by Sparta who
had ___ rights.
Who did the Ancient Greeks Worship?
The Greeks believed in __________________.
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The most famous of them, and the ones which the most people sacrificed
to, were ____, ____, _______, ________, _________, _________,
_________, ________, __________, _____, and ______.
Why did the ancient greeks worship the gods?
The Greeks believed that _______________________________________
____________________. There was a _______ for every aspect of their
lives. It was important to _______________________________________
____________________. They also believed the gods would __________
of them when they died.
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