Ximena

1. Analyzing Information What are the meanings of the terms polis, acropolis, and agora?
a polis was a city state and it became the central focus of the Greek Life.
An acropolis was a fortifiedarea at the top of the hil, it served as a refugee during an attack also sometimes it came to be a religious center
An angora was below the acropolis it was an open area that served as a public marketor a place where people could assemble

2. Identifying Central Issues Use your notes to list the goods that the Greeks exported to and imported from their colonies.
they exported their pottery,wineand olive oil
they imported: grains and metals from the west, fish , timber, wheat, metals and slaves from the Black Sea area

3. Analyzing How were the city-states of ancient Greece organized?The Greeks had city states that they called a polis, they also had an acropolis at the top of the hill where the religious meetings took place and they also had an angora that was right below theacropolis that was their meeting place and public market.

4. Identifying Cause and Effect How did the Greeks spread their culture and political ideas throughout the Mediterranean?
Between 750 b.c. and550 b.c., large numbers of Greeks left their homeland to settle in distant lands. Each new Greek colony became a new polis and by doing this the Greeks spread their culture and political ideas, theymade new city states that were governed by the Greek culture and political ideas

5. Contrasting What different systems of government did Sparta and Athens have?
Sparta was a city state was ruled bytwo kings (oligarchy) who led the army on its campaigns, a group of 5 men known as ephors were elected each year and were responsible for the education of the youth and the conduct of allcitizens.Sparta was also ruled by a military system, the men would not have education, the only education that they had was a military one. Men would train until they were 20 years old , only to enroll to the...