ancient Greece and Rome

In 431 B.C., Sparta and other city-states joined forces against Athens to fight this war.

• Peloponnesian War

• the Persian

  War

• the Spartan

  War

• the City-States

  War

Athens defeated Sparta in the Peloponnesian War.

• true

• false

Sparta and Athens formed an alliance during the Peloponnesian War.

• true

• false

Which city- state focused on military service

(a)  

When the Spartans needed room for expansion, they

• set up colonies

  in Asia Minor.

• bought land from neighbors.

• conquered neighboring land.

• all of the

  above

In what way did a boy’s life in Athens differ from a boy’s life in Sparta?

• Athenian boys studied combat; Spartan boys played sports.

• Athenian boys went to school; Spartan boys served in the military.

• Athenian boys lived in barracks; Spartan boys lived at home.

• Athenian boys

  became citizens at 30; Spartan boys became citizens at 18.

In Sparta, boys entered military training at age 14.

• true

• false

The type of government that was created in Athens was called a democracy.

• true

• false

What did the Spartans see as important to their way of life?

• The ability to farm

• The ability to trade

• The ability to worship

• The ability to wage war

Because the Roman Empire was so large

• it wasn’t easy to collect taxes.

• Roman emperors often traveled to the provinces.

• It was divided into three parts.

• it was hard to defend.