World Civ Ch 4 Sec 2

What is oligarchy?

Power is in the hands of a small, powerful elite usually from the business class.
What is democracy?

Rule by the people.
What is monarchy?

Hereditary ruler.
What is an acropolis?
- A high city.
- Often a temple to the town diety.
What is Phalanx?
- A type of military formation.
- -Requires long hours of training.
Sparta
What were Spartan boys train to be?

Soliders.
Life in Sparta
What were girls trained to be?

Gymnasts, wrestlers, & boxers to strengthen their bodies.
Why were they trained to be like this?
- So they could protect the city while the men were at war.
- & some Spartan women ran the family business while the men were out fighting a war.
Athens
Reforms of Solon
What did Solon do?

Outlawed slavery.
Reforms of Cleisthenes
What did the assemly (legislature) do?

Passed laws & acted as supreme court.
Life in Athens
How was Athens different from Sparta?

Athens developed the mind & the body, where Sparta only developed the body.

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World Civ Ch 4 Sec 2

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