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It’s All Greek to Me! Directions: The teacher shows the PowerPoint program, “It’s All Greek To Me” on a large screen projection while students follow along, filling in the blanks on the accompanying worksheet. Students try to guess the blank words. The teacher clicks on the blanks to have the words and accompanying sound effects appear. Students fill in the correct words. Students use the worksheet as a review for a test on the Greek vocabulary words. This program was created by Marie Sontag [email protected] It may be freely used for educational purposes by credentialed teachers in a classroom setting. All other uses must obtain permission. Marie Sontag, 1999 thens and Independent city-states such as A_____ S_____. parta A p____ olis consisted of the city and its surrounding countryside. Some were large, such as Athens (1,000 square miles). Most were much smaller (many had less than 00 square miles.) 1__ ity The fortified, h igh ___-ground area of a c___. The Acropolis usually overlooked the sea, reeks could easily see if they were so G_____ being attacked. ree men of a p____. olis In Athens, only The f___ the citizens could take part in the government rmy and vote. They all had to serve in the a____ and volunteer for jury duty. To qualify as a orn to Athenian citizen, a man had to be b___ arents p______. utside Athens, but who had A man born o_______ come to live in Athens, usually to trade or etics had to pay taxes and practice a craft. M_____ serve in the army, if required. Metics could ot o say in n____ become citizens. They had n__ government, could not own houses or land, and could not speak in a court of l___. aw laves Workers owned by the people. Some s_____ were skilled craftsmen. Their owners would sometimes set them up in a business, sharing the profits with the slaves. Some slaves saved uy their freedom. However, up money to b__ itizens or freed slaves could never become c______ metics. est This is a Greek word meaning “the b___ people.” The aristocrats were usually ich landowners and were the ones who r___ r__ an the government. ule by This is a Greek word meaning “r___ the f__.” ew The aristocratic form of government was called an oligarchy. ouncil of rulers The aristocrats formed a c______ who made policies for the city-states, which were then carried out by magistrates. This council was called the A__________. reopagus Archons were the m________ agistrates who carried out the policies of the A________ reopagus (council of aristocrats). The Archons were also a__________. ristocrats This word means “r____.” uler By 650 B.C, trade had increased, creating a large middle class of ankers who wanted merchants, craftsmen and b______ more of a say in the government, but couldn’t because they weren’t a_________. ristocrats Occasionally, riots broke out between the middle class and the aristocrats or the p___ oor and the aristocrats. Strong yrants then arose who took over control rulers (t______) of the government, taking away voting rights of the c_______. itizens In 621 ___ B.C., a man named D____ raco was appointed by the citizens of Athens to rewrite their l___. aws arsh that a crime such as The new laws were so h____ stealing food was punishable by d____. eath Ever since, harsh laws have been called “draconian.” City-states consisted of a f__ ew rich people and a l____ ___ B.C., arge number of poor people. Around 650 city-states also began to include a growing m_____ iddle class. When the rich and poor fought tasis with each other, the Greeks called this “s____” because things came to a standstill. Many states were weakened by it. One reason Athens and Sparta became so powerful is that they both managed to a____ void much stasis. The Greek root words for democracy are demos¸meaning p_____, eople and kratos, meaning ule Some city-states overthrew their power or r___. t______ yrants and adopted democracy, or rule by the 508 B.C., Athens was the first city-state people. In ___ to introduce democracy. Under this system, all citizens had a s__ ay in the government of their citystate. After 508 ___ B.C., the council drew up new laws and policies that were then debated in the assembly. The people of Athens descended from ten tribes, so 50 councilors from each t____ ribe were chosen by ot making the entire council a body of ___ 500 l__, c_______. itizens Under democracy, e____ very citizen could speak and v___ ote at the Assembly, which met about once every ten days. At least _____ 6,000 citizens had to be present for a meeting to take place. If too f__ ew people attended, special police were sent out to round up more citizens. The Assembly debated proposals which were then passed on to the Council. The Assembly could approve, change or r_____ eject the items drawn up by the Council. The art of debate and making persuasive speeches developed during this time period, because a persuasive speaker could s___ way the votes of the people. Those accused of breaking a law went before a j___ ury of over 200 c______ itizens to have their case decided. All citizens over 30 were expected to volunteer for jury service, and were paid for their loss of earnings while hearing a case. There were no judges or lawyers. Since m_____ etics couldn’t speak in court, it became popular among metics to peakers who were c_______ itizens to speak hire good s_______ for them. Credits “It’s All Greek to Me” was created by Marie Sontag and may be reproduced for classroom use only by credentialed teachers. Marie Sontag, 1999, all rights reserved. For more information, go to www.TimeTrek.org