Social Studies study tool

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• Caption: Greece map
• The Pindus Mountains effected the greek's daily life because the mountains were not good for farming and they had to learn to farm on the side of the mountains. The Pindus Mountains didn't have good fertile soil for farming either. The mountains separated the greeks and they didn't interact or talk with one another. This is why the Greeks created city states.

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• The Aegean Sea and Mediterranean Sea were both helpful because due to the mountains there wasn't much soil for farming they learned to trade because they were so close to these bodies of water. Most citizens became skilled ship builders and many became skilled sailors. They had to learn how to trade and get food and supplies that their land didn't provide or they ran out of. Many greeks also had diets based on the animals they found in the seas. They had to learn how to sail boats to get across the seas.
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• A peninsula is land with water on three sides of it. Ancient Greece was a peninsula.
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• A colony is a settlement in a new area or land that keeps close ties to homeland but is still controlled by the homeland. Greece was made up of colonies because their populations began to grow and they hd to feed a large population but farmers could no longer grow enough grain to keep all the people fed that cities began to send people outside of Greece to start colonies.

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• A city state is a small town within larger countries. Greece was made up of city states because they were always fighting and the mountains separated them from talking and interacting.
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• Slaves and women were not given as many rights as men who lived in most city-states. The men were able to vote and had to be responsible. They got to be able to own property, run land and defend themselves in court. Men would gather and pass laws and choose officials. IF you were a soldier you had pride in fighting for your city-state.

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• A monarch is a government that is ruled by one person usually king . They hold all the power, and the power usually passes down to the eldest son. The government fell because kings relied on nobles/rich men and the nobles wanted power in return.
• A oligarchy is a government that is ruled by a few ( rich men or the noble) The government fell because under the oligarchs people were unhappy with the ruler because the rich would get richer and the poor became even more poor.
• A tyranny is a government ruled by a tyrant or a leader who takes the power by force, and promises a better life. The people could switch out a tyrant anytime if they believed they were ruling too harsh or took to much power. The government fell because some of the tyrants ruled a little too harsh and the people didn't want one person in power.
• A democracy is a government that is ruled by the people or the citizens share the decision making and sharing power. Democracy never fell because we still have democracy today.
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Slide 8

• Direct and representative democracies are different and similar. A direct democracy is when citizens vote directly on issues themselves. Free male citizens would vote but women and slaves weren't allowed to vote. Law makers were chosen by lottery or random because they believed that all their citizens were trust worthy to help. Direct democracies worked on smaller population while representative democracies worked on larger populations. Representative democracies are when people vote for leaders to deal with the laws and issues. Both men and women can vote there are separations of the powers by three branches. Representative democracies has checks and balances when direct democracies don't. Both democracies have a jury and allow everyone who is considered a citizen to vote.
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Slide 9

• Athens
• Athenian's government was a monarch one man ruled over the citizens and they had a supreme democracy. Women and slaves could not vote but any free man could vote for the laws and issues. Athenian boys would be taught at home until the age of six. Athenians valued greek gods and goddesses, they also valued their temples. The boys would go to school because girls weren't allowed to and the boys would learn to read and right. Most men worked for trade or touring, because of the mountains and their temples.
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Slide 10

• Spartans
• Sparta's government was an oligarchy they were controlled by rich men or the nobles. Slaves could not vote but citizens were allowed to vote. Spartans specialized in farming because of the good soil and flat land they also specialized fighting. In school men would learn to fight and defend and by the age of seven boys were sent off to boot camp.
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• The Persian war began when the Persians began to grow any that the Athenians sent help to the Greek gods in the Asia Minor. The Athenians were worried that they would be next to be attacked. The Persians declared war so so that the Athenians would stop interfering. The Athenians decided to make and alliance with Sparta to defeat the Persian in war. The Persians retreated and the Athenians won the war.
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• The Peloponnesian war started when the Athenians formed the Delian league for the rich and powerful. Sparta resented the Athenians power and began to become suspicious so they created the Peloponnesian league. After the war Sparta won and the Athenians became much weaker and lost their government democracy. All city-states were weakened too.
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Slide 13

• The Greeks were polytheistic which means they believed in many gods and they thought that each god controlled something different like nature and weather. The greeks would worship at their temples and the made sacrifices for the gods. Usually the Greeks would sacrifice animals for the gods.
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GREEKS INFLUENCES

• Drama:
• Today we still use the ideas of comedies, tragedies, and we set up our modern theater based on the way they did.
• Women were not allowed to be in the play so the men would wear masks to play both the male and female parts in the play.
• Literature:
• Today we still use Aesop's fables about talking animals and we teach children the important overall life lessons or morals of the story.
• Art/Architecture:
• Today we still use the idea of column and pediments for buildings like they would.
• They had many temples and many of the temples usually stood for sacrifice or success.
• Philosophy:
• We still use the sacristies method on how to find density of an object today.
• Talked about nature and philosophy means love of wisdom. Asking questions was an important part of philosophy.
• Olympics
• Today we still have the Olympics and we still have a series of spots that are judged and the winner is awarded.
• Created for Zeus and was a festival in his honor. People thought that it brought out the best in people. During this time most city-states would stop fighting and come together for this event.
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