Sparta Review #1 Survey + Political & Social Organsiation

Where was Sparta? Choose the most accurate answer.

• Peleponnese Greece, Lakonia and Messenia

• circa AD 800 to 371 BC

• Greece, Akkad region, Pelelponnese.

• Lakonian region.

At what age did spartan boys go to the agoge?

• 7

• 10

• 32

• 8

Who were the helots?

• The 'equals' who were main citizens who had passed the agoge, turned 30 and were married & now part of the Ekklesia.

• Fellow Greeks from Messenia who were state owned slave/serfs of Sparta.

• Merchants or artisans who lived in the villages around Sparta who were free but not citizens.

• Full time soldiers who protected the city-state.

Who were the perioikoi (also sometimes spelt periocei)?

• Nobles who ran the government

• Slaves who farmed the land

• Merchants or artisans who lived in the villages and were free but not citizens

• Soldiers who protected the city-state

Who were the Ephors?

• Elected officials who held office for one year and were the head of government, highest authority and in charge of the agoge.

• The Council of the Elders

• the Ekkleis also known as the Apella or Assembly

• men over 60 also known as the 'Elders' who formed part of the Gerousia wiht the two kings

Sparta was in the south-central region of Greece, in an area known as

• Greece

• Sparta

• Athens

• Peloponnesus

• Crete

The Spartans tried to become the _____________ people in Greece.

• strongest & most powerful

• smartest & most efficient

• seafaring

• most fun

At what age were Spartan men allowed to retire from the military?

• 20

• 40

• 60

• 80

Spartan women had more rights than women in the other city-states.

• True

• False

Sparta’s government was ...

• a combination of oligarchy, monarchy and democracy yet also highly authoratative.

• a monarchy

• patriarchial

• democratic

• a combination of communism, fascism and democracy.