Greece: City States and the Rise of Democracy: Quiz 1

They shamed citizens who didn't go to the assembly & marking them with red paint;it's a duty.  

A military leader seizes power & stays popular by giving rights to the oppressed in this gov.  

The engineer Eupalinos was from which polis?

Lycurgus was a notable leader from this polis

This city-state had an oligarchy led by 2 kings and a Council of Elders

How was a citizen selected for the Council of 500?

This city-state had a bustling Agora and it was located on the Mediterranean.  

This is another word for city-state.  

These people were enslaved by the Spartans.

This city state educated its boys in military skill,  arts, literature, mathematics, & drama.  

What happened to children born with a physical deformity in Sparta?

How often did the assembly of Athens meet?

This word refers to a central marketplace in a polis

The Diolcos, a road that sped up shipping, was located in which polis?

This polis had large heavy bars of metal for currency

This type of government often made laws to protect their wealth and benefit themselves.  

Pheidon  standardized weights and measures in this polis, where Polycleitus sculpted athletes from bronze & marble

The Greek city states as a group can be described as: 

____________ was a famous philosopher from Athens.

In this polis, women were allowed to own property and had more rights than most ancient females