Ch' 1: Sources of Democracy Part I

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Ch. 1 Sources of Democracy Part I
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Greece is in the Mediterranean Sea on the
continent of Europe.
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Ancient Greece 1 min
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Section 1 Greek Roots of Democracy

• Greeks built small, independent city-states
• A city-state is like a small country with one
  large city in the center, surrounded by smaller
  villages.
• Greeks created a large empire by conquering other
  lands and making them Greek colonies

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• Each city state had a large hill in the middle of
  the city.
• On top of the hill, always sat the acropolis
• The acropolis was used as a meeting place, a
  theatre, and a place to worship their many gods
  and goddesses.

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City-States of Greece 2 mins
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Sparta and Athens

• Sparta and Athens were two major city-states in
  ancient Greece
• Sparta, like most Greek city-states, was ruled by
  kings
• The Spartans were a warrior society- always
  training and ready for war

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• Athens, unlike Sparta, was a much more peaceful
  city-state
• Athens was the place where the idea of democracy
  was born
• Democracy is a form of government where the
  people vote to elect others to represent them as
  leaders
• Athenian democracy was limited
• Few freedoms for the people

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Athens 2 mins
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The Peloponnesian War

• 400 B.C. - Sparta and Athens go to war as Sparta
  tried to dominate all of Greece
• The Peloponnesian War, lasted 27 years
• In the end, Sparta defeated Athens

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Greek Philosophers

• Socrates, Aristotle, and Plato
• Thinkers and philosophers who debated the meaning
  of life and human existence

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Socrates and Plato 5 mins