Athens Vs. Sparta

What did the Assembly in Ancient Athens do?

• They suggested new laws and allowed the Council to vote on them. 
• They debated and approved new laws, but the Council could overrule them.
• They debated and approved new laws after the Council suggested them.
• They approved new laws after the kings suggested them.

Which type of government did Athens use?

• monarchy
• oligarchy
• tyranny
• democracy

What is true of education in Sparta?

• Its purpose was to create good citizens with strong minds and bodies.
• Its purpose was to create people who could protect the city-state.
• Only men were trained to fight.
• Reading and writing were taught and were considered very important.

What is NOT true of life in Sparta?

• Boys were expected to endure all pain, so they marched without shoes and weren't fed much.

• If a baby was born unhealthy, it might be left on a hillside to die.

• The government would declare war against the helots to prevent them from rebelling.

• Women had few rights

The government was a monarchy

• Athens

• Sparta

Society valued military strength over education

• Athens

• Sparta

Citizenship was open to adult men who had been born in the city-state.

• Athens

• Sparta

Replaced the monarchy with an aristocracy

• Athens

• Sparta

Established a democracy after the failed ruling of the aristocracy

• Athens

• Sparta

Helots farmed the land and were only allowed to keep part of their harvest.

• Athens

• Sparta