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Today in Mr. Schick’s western civilization class, we finished the power point on the ancient civilization of Greece. we reviewed the political terms such as: oligarchy, tyranny, monarchy, polis, and aristocracy. We learned which pieces of information were answers to test questions. Some notable test questions are: the political terms, symposiums, draconian, Greek definition of tyrant, the first citizen revolt, Zeus, the agora, the Spartans’ infantry, the Athenians’ navy and their trireme, and the phalanx. We went over Greek gods and goddesses as well as the story of Isagoras and Cleisthenes. Cleisthenes was a very rich member of the elite who saw the value of tapping into the talents of the non-elites (middle class). In 508 BC, Cleisthenes’ supporters and other Athenian citizens revolted against Isagoras, who ostracized Cleisthenes. We learned that the gods and goddesses had any interactions with humans and had relationships with them as well as fighting wars with them

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