5-2 City States

Athens

The development of direct democracy was one of the most important contributions of the Greek city-state of Athens.

Society dominated by the men

Education was an important part of life in the Greek City-State of Athens. However, education was limited to male citizens.

Polytheistic

Writing system based on the Phoenician Alphabet

Pericles

Sparta

Base your answer to question 7 on the quotation below

…We give our obedience to those whom we put in positions of authority, and we obey the laws themselves, especially those which are for the

protection of the oppressed, and those unwritten laws which it is an acknowledged shame to break.…

— Pericles, quoted in History of the Peloponnesian War

7 In this quotation, Pericles is praising Athenian (4 Aug 12)

(1) civic values

(2) artistic creativity

(3) military strengths

(4) commercial success

Greek Legacy

Architecture

A major impact of Ancient Greece and Rome on Western Civilization was that Greek sculpture and Roman architecture were much admired and copied in the 18th and 19th centuries

Explanation: With the reemergence of democracy, classical Greek and Roman architecture was copied during the 1700s and 1800s.

Philosophy

Government