Athens vs. Sparta

1. Warm-Up Using the dry noodles on your desks, spell out the words that answer the following questions! List out the 3 early peoples that controlled Ancient Greece List out the 3 major wars that were fought in Ancient Greece List out the 4 types of government that existed in Ancient Greece Why was Greece isolated from other ancient countries and from each other? Athens vs. Sparta

2. Spoke Greek Democracy for Government Believed in art, architecture, learning Traded with other countries and city-states Chief God was Zeus Had around the same number of free men and slaves Built the Parthenon, wrote plays, created philosophy and had Greece’s most powerful navy. Women had little or no freedom Athens

3. Spoke Greek Had 10 times the number of slaves to free men Did not trade with others Believed in a strong military state Oligarchy for government Chief god was Zeus Did not believe in learning, art or philosophy Boys were in the military from age 7 thru 35 Greece’s most powerful Army Women had more freedom Sparta

4. Using the information from your notes and the handout, create a Venn Diagram that shown the similarities and differences between Athens and Sparta. Your diagram should take up the entire page in landscape format! Venn Diagram

5. Athens fought Sparta 431 B.C- 404 B.C. Most of what we know about the war was from a man named Thucydides, the 1st historian Early on Athens was hit by a plague, it killed 1/3 of the Athenians, including Pericles. In 405 B.C., Sparta began a Blockade of Athens to cut off it’s supplies and help. It won them the war Sparta defeated Athens in 404 B.C., but eventually Athens became the most important city in Greece once again and still is today. Peloponnesian War

6. Son of Phillip, King of Macedonia • His father was assassinated, so he became king of Macedonia at age 20 in 336 B.C. • Took over Greece, Persia and Egypt by 323 B.C., largest empire in history to that point. • When he took over lands, he modeled them after Greek cities. He used Greeks kings and culture to rule the colonies. This was called Hellenistic. The most important colonial city was Alexandria in Egypt. • Alexander died in 323 B.C. at age 32 • Greece fell to the Romans in 150 B.C. Alexander The Great

7. Why didn’t Athens and Sparta get along? (at least 3 reasons) Who won the Peloponnesian War and what action led to their victory? Where was Alexander the Great from and what were the lands that he conquered called? Follow-up Questions – RAP 2 and 3