1. D: 12/3/12A: Notes on Ancient GreeceS: How did Ancient
Greece influence democracy?H: Nonew.o.d: city-stateWarm-Up: Answer
questions 1 & 2under Connecting to Math on pg. 266Write the
questions and answers.
2. Word of the DayWord DefinitionSentencePicture City and its
After the fallCity-state surroundingof the Roman countryside Empire
. 3. The Story of Ancient Greece 4. I. Geography of GreeceA.Greece
is a small country in southernEurope.B.Greece is on the Aegean
&Mediterranean Seas.C.The main part of Greece in on
apeninsula.D.The rest of Greece is made up ofislands. 5. II. Greek
City-StatesA. Because Greece is made up of many islands, and has
many tall mountains, the Greeks built city-states instead of one
country.B. A city-state is a city with its own laws, rulers and
moneyC. Greek city-states acted like their own countries 6. III.
SpartaA. Sparta was located in the south.B. Sparta was very
powerful and had its own army.C. Sparta conquered other city-states
to gain wealth and power.D. There were three classes of people in
Sparta. 7. IV. Spartas ClassesA. Only men born in Sparta were
citizens but could not vote until age 30.B. Women were not allowed
to become citizens but were allowed to own land and businesses,
which gave them more freedom than other city- states.C. The second
class was people who came from other places. They could own
businesses but not land and could not become citizens.D. The third
class was slaves. 8. V. Spartas WarriorsA. Education was centered
around the military.B. Young boys were taken from their parents at
age 7 and trained to be soldiers as well as good in sports such as
running.C. Girls were also trained to be good in sports. 9. VI.
AthensA. Located northeast from Sparta, Athens was another
city-state.B. The people of Athens wanted to rule themselves and
not have a monarchy.C. Athens became the worlds first democracy
around 508 B.C.D. A democracy is a government in which all citizens
can vote and have equal say in what happens. 10. VII. Democracy in
AthensA. Only Athenian men were able to be citizens so only they
could vote.B. Women, people born outside of Athens, and slaves
could not vote.C. Each year 500 names were picked of all citizens
and these 500 would serve in the assembly for 1 year. 11. VIII.
PericlesA. Pericles was the leader of creating democracy in
Athens.B. He was a well know general, Olympian, & politicianC.
Pericles had many buildings like the Acropolis and the Parthanon
built. 12. Parthenon and Acropolis 13. IX. Education in AthensA.
Education was very important in Athens.B. Boys went to school to
learn to read and write. They also learned many sports.C. Girls
were not given any formal education. 14. X. The Greek AlphabetA.
The Greeks borrowed their alphabet from the Phoenicians.B. Most
European languages, including English borrowed ideas from the Greek
alphabet. 15. XI. The ThinkersA. SocratesI. Tried to explain the
natural of lifeII. Taught by asking questionsIII. The Socratic
MethodB. PlatoI. Was a student of SocratesII. Started a school
called The AcademyC. AristotleI. Was a student of PlatoII. Wrote
about science, art, law & government and poetry 16. XII.
Alexander the GreatA. Alexander the Great was the son of King
Phillip II of Macedonia located north of Greece.B. He was a student
of Aristotle and thus loved Greek way of life.C. During Alexanders
youth his father conquered much of Greece.D. After the Kings death
Alexander conquered the rest of Greece, Persia, Egypt, the Middle
East and Northern India allowing all place to govern themselves as
long as they were loyal.E. He also shared the Greek way of life.F.
Alexander died at age 33 from malaria but never lost a battle. 17.
Alexanders Empire
