Task 2-The Polis-Quiz

Ancient Greek was organized into

• states

• poleis

• cities

• city-states

This fortified citadel, called an ____________________, was at the center of each polis. (HINT: not only in the polis of Athens.)

Draw the typical layout of a polis.

List at least 5 well-known poleis.

Which city-state inhabitants had full legal and political rights.

• Metics

• Women

• Freemen

• Slaves

What two things did most of the city-states have in common?

• type of government

• language

• currency

• religion