Chapter 6- Ancient Greece

Multiple Choice

Which sentence best describes education in Sparta?

• Children did not learn to read.

• Children studied sculpture and painting.

• Both boys and girls got military training.

• Both boys and girls learned to cook and clean

How did being surrounded by sea affect the Greeks?

• Allowed them to travel and trade by se

• Wealthy ports sprang up around Greece for traders from other areas of the world

How did the geography of Greece impact Greeks?

• Many different languages and forms of government existed throughout Greece

• Populations in each polis was typically small

• Greek leaders were eager to conquer new territories

Forms of government found in Greece:

• Monarchy- king or queen ruled

• Aristocracy- small group of land owners ruled

• Oligarchy- small group of political leaders ruled

• Democracy- The Greek polis, Athens, allowed citizens to vote for leaders and rules

Multiple Choice

What did Socrates believed was the correct way to teach and learn?

• Memorizing facts

• Lectures

• Questions and answers (discussion)

• Fighting

Development of Greek mythology

• Greeks developed myths, or traditional stories about their Gods

  •Used them to make sense of the mysteries of nature (i.e. changing seasons) and the power of human passions

• Attributed human qualities (i.e. love, hate) to Gods

• Fought with each other constantly

• Lived forever

• Zeus was ruler of the Gods along with his wife Hera

• Had a daughter named Athena who was goddess of wisdom and guardian of cities (city of Athens was named after her)

Early Ancient Greece

• They had to be great traders and expert seafarers/ship operators

  
  

• Each city-state or polis was independent and many of their people treated their community as its own country

  
  

  
  

• Two of the more famous city-states were Athens and Sparta

  
  

• They spent a lot of time fighting one another

Multiple Choice

What was the name of a Greek city state?

• City-state

• Polis

Multiple Choice

What two famous ancient Greek city-states spend a lot of time fighting each other?

• Athens & Sparta

• Rome & Greece

• Egypt & China

• Mongolia & Rome

Multiple Choice

Spartans were proud to produce __________ rather than artists and thinkers

• children

• soldiers

• artists

• writers

Multiple Choice

The government of Sparta was

• an oligarchy

• a democracy

• a dictatorship

• a monarchy

Multiple Choice

In Spartan education, reading and writing were not considered as important as

• artistic capabilities.

• military skills.

• philosophical knowledge.

• foreign trade expertise.