6 - Greeks and their neighbors

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Greeks and their neighbors

What have we done so far? 

What was the relationship like between the Greeks and their neighbors? 

Quiz!

The 'question' is a sentence you need to finish 

The answers are posssible ways to finish 

What is the best way to finish the sentence?

Ancient Greece consisted of different...

1. household servants and craftsmen
2. city-states, or in greek: poleis
3. armies and its own government
4. acropolis, a reinforced rock that was easy to defend

Each city state had its...

1. household servants and craftsmen
2. suitable for agriculture
3. own army and its own government
4. search for places to found new settlements

Many cities were built around

1. an acropolis, or reinforced rock that was easy to defend
2. suitable for agriculture
3. foreigners who worked in trade or industry
4. dwellers that had their own government

Because of the lack of agriculture the city-states...

1. used household servants and craftsmen
2. used foreigners working in trade or industry
3. fished as a means of existence
4. searched for places to found new settlements

Boys and girls in Spartan society

1. became helots who worked hard
2. used household servants or craftsmen
3. were trained to become brave soldiers
4. were dwellers who governed themselves

Notes 2.6

Notes

The reason the Greeks influenced the world so much is because they built colonies along the mediterranean sea (p45 book).

Each colony looked like a city in Greece. 

Hellenism refers to the Greeks spreading their influence outside of Greece.

Concord temple, Sicily

Wars

The Greeks mostly kept to themselves and fought eachother.

However, the Persian Empire tried invading Greece twice.

Both times the Persians were defeated when the Greeks united. 

The Greeks never stayed united for long. Eventually they were conquered by the Romans. 

Battle of Marathon

Open your workbook

Make 6 and 8 from 2.6