1. Reminders Vocabulary Quiz October 9th Prezi Due 9th Greece Quiz 10th
Unit 2 Part 1 Test Oct-17
End of Quarter 1: October 27th

2. Social Classes Class system with leaders belonging to wealthy families
Athens
Sparta
Class system with leaders belonging to wealthy families
Slaves existed
Lower classed provided the labor for the nobles’ higher life style.
Slavery existed— Sparta had more slaves than any other city-state
Most farm workers were slaves

3. Political Life Athens Sparta Direct Democracy
Democratic system– all citizens could take part and vote, hold office, own property, and defend themselves in court
Enjoyed freedom of speech and assembly
Authoritarian form of government– nobles used force to compel lower classes to obey (similar to an oligarchy)
Government had complete control over people’s lives

4. Military Not as important or as much an emphasis as in Sparta
Athens
Sparta
Not as important or as much an emphasis as in Sparta
Very Important- had strongest army in Greece
Boys trained to be soldiers and girls trained to be strong mothers to provide strong children

5. Religion Polytheism- belief in many gods Ruler of Gods is Zeus
Athens
Sparta
Polytheism- belief in many gods
Ruler of Gods is Zeus
Honoring the gods and goddesses was very important
Same in all city-states
Polytheism
Ruler is Zeus
Honoring the gods and goddesses was very important

6. Industry and Trade
Athens
Sparta
Traded metalworking, pottery and textiles for things lacking or wanting, including foreign grain
Very limited trade– kept mostly as an isolated city-state. The lack of trade kept many of the people poor farmers

7. Sports
Athens
Sparta
Honored gods and goddesses by training mind and body
Held sports competitions, most famous was Olympic games
Girls did not practice sports
Honored gods and goddesses by training mind and body
Held sports competitions, most famous was Olympic games
Girls participated in some sports in order to be strong as mothers

8. Family Life Athens Sparta
Girls stayed at home and helped mothers and boys helped fathers with jobs
Boys and girls living on farms helped with the harvest
Boys had more educational opportunities than girls
Boys learned reading and writing, but emphasis on becoming a good soldier
Girls had little schooling

9. Review Why did hunters and gathers settle down?
What did settling down cause the creation of?
What were the effects of Civilizations?
What are some of the lasting contributions of Greece?
Name some of the battles that we have seen so far.
Who won the Persian War?
If Greece did not win the Persian War, do you think we would have still had all these contributions? Which one effected us the most?

10. Outcome: The Athenian Golden Age
Classical Greece
Outcome:
The Athenian Golden Age

11. The Athenian Golden Age
Setting the Stage
The Greek Civilization was a collection of city-states
Athens and Sparta were two of the most powerful cities for different reasons

12. Athens Today

13. Ancient Athens

14. Ancient Athens

15. The Athenian Golden Age
Athens
From 477 to 431 B.C., Athens experienced a growth in intellectual and artistic learning. This was known as the Golden Age of Athens.
Pericles: held power in Athens for 32 years
Goals:
Strengthen Athenian Democracy
To hold and strengthen the empire
Glorify Athens-
Architecture: The Parthenon on the Athenian Acropolis
Direct Democracy was introduced under Pericles
Head of Delian League, an alliance system created after the defeat of the Persians

16. Athenian Acropolis

17. The Parthenon

18. Sparta

19. The Athenian Golden Age
Sparta
Sparta was a military city-state
Sparta had a better army than Athens; Athens had the better navy
Weren’t Builders
Due to its inland location, Sparta could not be attacked by sea
Many men in Sparta were soldiers for life

20. The Athenian Golden Age
Peloponnesian War: Athens vs. Sparta
As Athens grew, city-states viewed it with hostility
Sparta declared war in 431 B.C.
Sparta marched to Athens and burned food supply
Plague hits Athens in 2nd year of the war- 1/3rd die including Pericles
421 B.C. a truce is signed but doesn’t last long
In 413 B.C Athens’ navy is decimated at Syracuse (Spartan ally)
Athens survives for 9 more years but surrenders to Sparta in 404 B.C.

21. Peloponnesian War

22. The Athenian Golden Age
Philosophers
After the Peloponnesian War, many Athenians lost confidence in democracy
Great thinkers known as philosophers began to seek truth
Philosophers (lovers of wisdom) had two assumptions
The universe is put together in an orderly way, and subject to absolute and unchanging laws
People can understand these laws through logic and reason

23. The Athenian Golden Age
Important philosophers
Socrates
“The unexamined life is not worth living”
In 399 B.C. brought to trial for “corrupting the youth of Athens”
Jury condemned him to die: drank hemlock (poison)

24. The Athenian Golden Age
Plato
Student of Socrates
Wrote “The Republic” –perfectly governed society
Pupil- Aristotle

25. The Athenian Golden Age
Aristotle
Questioned the nature of the world
Invented method of arguing according to rules of logic
His work provides basis of the scientific method today
Pupil- Alexander the Great