§2.1 Living in a Greek city state- II

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§2.1 Living in a Greek city state

Learning goals

You can explain:

- What characteristic aspects of Greek city states are 

- That not all people in ancient Greece have civil rights

- What life in a Greek city-state is like

What kind of society did the ancient Greeks live in?

1. agricultural society
2. agricultural urban society
3. hunter-gatherer society
4. the antiquity

Which statement about the Greek city-state is incorrect?

1. A city state is a city with a surrounding area.
2. A city state was the most important city in a state in ancient times.
3. Greeks called a city state a polis.
4. Each city state had its own laws.

What cultural similarities did the Greek city states have?

What cultural differences did Sparta and Athens have?

The Greek polis

Draw your own city-state

What should be in your city-state:

- The city

- City wall

- An agora

- A temple

- An acropolis

-  Countryside (farms)

- A port

Acropolis

The acropolis (higher city) was the center of the city. It was a fortified hill.

Temple

The temple was very important to the Greeks. Like the Egyptians, the Greeks thought that the gods had an influence on daily life and so they had to be kept happy.

Agora

The agora was the market square. Here citizens could meet to talk about governance and the merchants could trade.

City

A city often grew around the acropolis. Many people came to live here because of trade and security.

Countryside

Many people lived in the city, but most people were still farmers and lived in the countryside.

Port

The Greeks were traders. Much trade was done by sea and almost every city had a port.

City wall

There was a lot of war going on in the time of the Greeks. So many cities built a city wall to protect the city and citizens.

Homework

Read pages 2 and 3

Exercises §2.1 1 to 8  

Assignment 5

	Free	Soldier	Influence on governance
Male citizen
Female citizen
Slave
foreigner

Assigment 6

IIn the Greek world you could almost [..............1...............] come across slaves. Slaves were also employed in [..............2..............]. Slaves worked [..............3..............] on the land. Once a slave, he remained so [..............4...............] (all) his life. Greeks found slavery [..............5...............]

Put the right words on the right spot

Woorden

nowhere

everywhere

education

government

never

also

the rest of

mostly

plain

special

The Greek citizen

Explain what 'civil rights' means