front 1 Athens | back 1 surrounded by the sea. Good at trading & fishing. |
front 2 Sparta | back 2 surrounded by mountains making them isolated. Relied on farming. |
front 3 Military Athens | back 3 Good navy |
front 4 Military Sparta | back 4 Good army |
front 5 School Athens | back 5 Buys went to school. Girls stayed home to learn house skills. |
front 6 School Sparta | back 6 Boys went to military school at the age of 7. Girls went to school to learn reading, writing, and physical skills. |
front 7 Monarchy | back 7 Most stable kind of government. One person making decisions. |
front 8 Monarchy | back 8 Many kings were harsh. Son may kill father to become king. Son may not have leadership qualities |
front 9 Tyranny | back 9 Benefits: Took land away from oligarchs. Made changes to the laws that helped people. Canceled debts of poor farmers. |
front 10 Tyranny | back 10 Problems: Spys, harsh laws and murder. |
front 11 Oligarchy | back 11 Benefits: Different opinions and perspectives to rule. |
front 12 Oligarchy | back 12 Problems: Rich got richer, poor got poorer. Didn’t listen to the needs of the people. Used the army to force people to obey them. Forced poor farmers to seek themselves into slavery. |
front 13 Democracy | back 13 Benefits: Everyone has a voice in government. Everyone can vote on each issue. Everyone can help conduct daily business. Everyone could vote for war. |
front 14 Democracy | back 14 Problems: Powerful speakers could persuade people to make bad decisions. Decisions were often reversed after a few weeks. |