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The Greek City-States

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The Greek City-States

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  1. 11.A typical high school student consumes 67.5 pounds of sugar per year. As part of a new nutrition plan, each member of a track team plans to lower the sugar he or she consumes by at least 20% for the coming year. Assuming each track member had consumed sugar at the level of a typical high school student and will adhere to this plan for the coming year, what is the maximum number of pounds of sugar to be consumed by each track team member in the coming year? • 14 • 44 • 48 • 54 • 66 E. Napp

  2. The Greek City-States In this lesson, students will identify characteristics of the Greek city-states. Students will be able to identify and/ or define the following terms: Polis Golden Age Democracy Helots

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  4. It is important to remember that mountains separated the Greek city-states.

  5. The Polis • The hilly terrain separated the Greeks. Though the Greeks shared a common language and religion, they never developed a unified system of government. • The Greeks lived in separate, independent city-states. • The Greek word for a “city-state” was a polis.

  6. The Parthenon was a temple in the city-state of Athens

  7. Athens • Athens was an important city state in ancient Greece. • The people of Athens developed democracy. • Democracy is a system of government where citizens vote or participate in government.

  8. In Athenian democracy, only free men born in Athens could vote. Women, slaves, and foreigners could not vote.

  9. The Golden Age of Athens • Athens experienced a Golden Age of peace, prosperity, and a time new ideas and philosophies • Birthplace of democracy • Demos- People Kratos- Power • First concepts of Western Philosophy, literature, mathematics, history, and drama • Also began the Olympic Games

  10. Greek Philosophers • Philosophy; Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle • Mathematics; Pythagoras • History; Herodotus • Literature; Homer • Drama; Sophocles

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  12. Sparta was another important Greek City-state.

  13. Sparta • Sparta was militaristic • In Sparta, all men had to serve in the military. • Weak or disabled babies were left to die. • Sparta rejected democracy and was dictatorial

  14. A Spartan’s life revolved around the military. A Spartan man was a soldier for most of his life.

  15. Helots • The Spartans had helots or slaves. • The helots did all the farming so the Spartans could focus on their military • Life in Sparta differed greatly from life in Athens.

  16. Other Greek City States • Corinth- richest commercial city state in Greece • Thebes- birthplace of Hercules • Thessaly- Farmers and workers • Argos- names after Argos the son of Zeus and rival of Sparta E. Napp

  17. Questions for Reflection: • What was a polis and why did the Greeks develop the polis? • Define a golden age and name a Greek polis that experienced a golden age. • List three differences between the ancient Greek polis of Athens and Sparta. • Who were the helots and how were they treated? • Describe Athenian democracy. E. Napp

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