Grade 6 Social Studies Section 1 & 2 Notes

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Grade 6 Social Studies Section 1 & 2 Notes

Directions: Use your textbook pages 304 – 308 to fill in the blanks.

Emergence of City-States

Each Greek community had begun to organize itself into a ______, or city-state. The ______became one of the most important features in Greek culture. The Greeks created such ______everywhere they settled.

The Polis

A ______was more than just a city. It was a community with its own ______. The ______of a polis ruled a wide area that included not only the city but its surrounding villages and countryside as well.

Each Greek city-state usually had a ______and ______center. Here members of the city-state who had legal rights - ______- would meet to make laws and discuss issues affecting the entire ______.

The area and ______of a polis were generally ______. All citizens of the polis could gather and make decisions as a single ______.

The High City

A typical ______was usually built on ______levels. On a high hill stood the ______, a word meaning “high city.” Public buildings and marble ______were located in this area. The acropolis also served as a ______in times of danger. On lower ground, below the hill, lay people’s ______, ______, and ______. In Athens, the lower city included the ______or marketplace. There people gathered to ______public affairs.

Politics in the Polis

The word polis gave rise to the term ______, the art and ______of ______. Each city-state had a different kind of ______.

Some city-states were ______, ruled by a king. In early times the ______was governed by an ______. Aristocracy meant “______.”

But in some city-states an extraordinary thing happened – the ______began to rule ______. Rule by ______made such Greek city-states unique. In most of the world, at this time, ______and ______held all the political power.

Even though the self-government was a feature of most city-states, not everyone was allowed to participate in making decisions. ______, ______, and ______were all excluded from the process. The polis had three kinds of inhabitants: ______(who could vote), ______and ______(who could not vote), and ______, who had few rights at all.

Pride in the Polis

Citizens felt strong pride and loyalty toward their polis. Greeks believed that a good citizen should always be willing to ______for his ______. He should be prepared to ______for his ______if necessary.

As one historian wrote, “The polis was the ______of Greek life.” Greeks identified with their ______. If their ______was a ______, so were they. Throughout the history of ancient Greece, the ______played a key role in Greek life.

Greek Society and Economy

Women in Ancient Greece

In the Greek world, ______women had different ______and ______, depending on the city-state. In ______, they had a good deal of ______. However, in city-states such as ______, they had few ______.

Family Life

The typical Greek family consisted of ______, ______, and ______. As head of the ______, the man had control over his ______. Poorer women worked outdoors on ______or ______goods in markets. But in city-states like ______, women from richer families were expected to stay home while ______took part in ______life. Although women did play public roles in ______ceremonies, for the most part their lives were ______.

In most Greek homes, women supervised the ______, raised the ______, kept track of the ______and ______, and made most to all of the ______family members needed. They had to ______wool or flax into yarn, weave ______, and ______or knit ______. Greek women also supervised the preparation of ______.

Spartan Women

In ______, women enjoyed more rights and freedoms than did women in other city-states. Spartan women could sell their ______. Like their brothers, Spartan ______were ______and ______in sports. Such Spartan customs shocked the Greeks of other city-states.

Greek Society

Ancient Greek society had a complex ______, with rich landowners at the top and ______at the bottom. Between these two extremes were ranked the ______, ______and ______, and the ______of Greek society.

The Aristocracy

Early city-states were controlled by ______or ______. Some aristocrats claimed descent from kings and gods. They believed this gave them the ______to hold ______power. Their wealth came from owning large ______of land, where they raised ______and ______.

Slaves did most of the work on these ______. This left ______with free time and ______activities.

Citizens and Noncitizens

Society was divided between ______(who were all adult males) and ______, whose rights were limited. All citizens had the right to ______.

Farmers who owned large areas of ______enjoyed a relatively high ______, or rank in society. Although such landowners were rich, they made up only a ______of the citizens. Many more citizens were small ______- ______who owned smaller plots of ______. Small farmers rarely had enough land to raise livestock or produce a food ______. On a lower social scale were the ______- people who paid rent, either in ______or ______to grow crops on another person’s land. These tenant farmers were called ______.

Slaves

The lowest class in Greek society was made upof ______.

Slaves were acquired in various ways. Most were ______of war. Others were bought from slave traders or sold into ______by their families. Sometimes parents who could not care for their children abandoned them. These ______often became ______. Many slaves in Greek city-states came from other ______. Some slaves were Greeks themselves.

By the 500s B.C., slavery was wide-spread in Greece. In some city-states, slaves made up ______of the ______. Slaves did many jobs in Greek society. Household slaves ______, ______, and took care of children. Some slaves were ______. Others worked on ______, ______, or in ______. Their labor helped the Greek economy grow.

Some slaves were treated ______. A few were even ______. But slaves had no legal rights and could be punished harshly by their owners. Slaves were sometimes worked to death under cruel conditions.