Name: ____________________ 

Study Guide: City States, Geography, Athen’s Democracy 

From “Intro” HW 

● ___________________ ​= Greek Word for City-State 

○ Bigger than a ______________ larger than a ____________________ 

○ Famous city states = 

■ ________________________________ 

■ ________________________________ 

■ ________________________________ 

■ ________________________________ 

■ ________________________________ 

● Athens 

○ Birthplace of __________________________________ 

■ Idea that: _________________________________________________________ 

__________________________________________________________________ 

__________________________________________________________________ 

○ Parthenon Facts 

■ ___________________________________________ 

■ ___________________________________________ 
 ● Sparta 

○ Believed in a strong _____________________ 

○ Boys were trained ____________________________________________________ 

○ When the ________________________ invaded Greece, the other city states 

looked to Sparta for help  

Greek City States 

● Ancient Greece did not have _____________________________________________ 

○ Divided into _____________________________________ independent city states 

■ City-States include a ___________________ and its surrounding 

_________________________  

■ Each had their own __________________________, _____________, and 

____________________ 

● What did they have in common?  

○ ___________________________ 

○ ____________________________ 

○ _____________________________________________ 

○ _____________________________________________ 

● Types of government:  

○ Monarchies 

■ __________________________________________________________________ 

■ __________________________________________________________________ 

 
 ○ Oligarchies 

■ __________________________________________________________________ 

○ Democracy 

■ __________________________________________________________________ 

■ __________________________________________________________________ 

● Fun Fact: 

○ Most ancient Greeks were loyal to their _______________________ and would 

say they are from that city state and not “Greece”  

● Words to know:  

○ Vote: ____________________________________________________________________ 

○ Agora: __________________________________________________________________ 

○ Gods: ___________________________________________________________________ 

○ Polis:____________________________________________________________________ 

○ Philosophers:____________________________________________________________ 

○ City-states:______________________________________________________________ 

○ Acropolis:_______________________________________________________________ 

○ Arts:____________________________________________________________________ 

○ Government:____________________________________________________________

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○ Oligarchy:_______________________________________________________________ 

○ Army:___________________________________________________________________ 

○ Monarchy:______________________________________________________________ 
○ Democracy:______________________________________________________________