Lesson 27 Vocabulary-Life in Two City-States: Athens and Sparta

A city-state of ancient Greece that was the first to have a democracy; also known as the birthplace of Western civilization; the capital of present-day Greece.

• Corinth
• Sparta
• Thebes
• Athens

Since ________ is only four miles from the Aegean Sea, its location encouraged Athenians to look outward toward the world beyond the city.

• Sparta
• Athens
• Corinth
• Thebes

A city-state of ancient Greece, known for its military oligarchy.

• Thebes
• Sparta
• Athens
• Corinth

In contrast, _______ was more isolated because it was located on a narrow plain on a peninsula in southern Greece known as the Peloponnesus.

• Thebes
• Sparta
• Corinth
• Athens

A peninsula forming the southern part of the mainland of Greece.

• Macedonia
• Peloponnesus

• Thessaly
• Crete

In contrast, Sparta was more isolated because it was located on a narrow plain on a peninsula in southern Greece known as the ______________.

• Thessaly
• Peloponnesus
• Attica
• Boeotia

In Athens, a group of 500 citizens chosen to form a council responsible for running the day-to-day business of government.

• Assembly

• Ekklesia
• Council of 500

• Demos

Every citizen could participate in the city's government. A group called the __________________ met every day.

• Assembly
• Board
• Committee
• Council of 500

A marketplace in ancient Greee.

• Stoa
• Acropolis
• Pnyx
• Agora

Athenians exchanged goods at a huge marketplace called the ___________.

• agora

• stoa

• pnyx

• acropolis