Athens and Sparta

The central interest of the city-state of Sparta was

• religion and the arts

• military strength

• trade and prosperity

• democratic government

After the Persian Wars, Athens convinced its allies to join an alliance called ______________________.

• the Delian League

• the Macedonian League

• the Peloponnesian League

• the Major League

A polis was made up of

• government and laws

• Sparta and Athens

• open-aired marketplaces and temples

• villages, fields and orchards

Greece's victory in the Persian Wars led to the

• death of Pericles

• Macedonian invasion

• Freedom of its colonies

• Greek Golden Age

The Peloponnesian War

• broke out when Pericles died

• started because Athens and Sparta wanted to spread their way of life

• was a result of the plague

• occurred when Persia invaded Peloponnesus

Who enjoyed the greatest benefits in ancient Athens?

• Men and women

• Male citizens

• Women and slaves

• Wealthy women

The Spartans had a strong government and an unbeatable army but

• their women were weak

• young Spartans were undisciplined

• they did not advance in the arts and sciences

• the citizens ran the government

The Spartans used force to control the helots because:

• they were hard to teach

• there were many more Spartans than helots

• they were half-citizens and could not vote

• the helots outnumbered the Spartans

Those who were considered citizens of a Greek city-state included

• all adult men and women born in that city-state

• free adult males born in Greece

• all adult males born in Greece and in another land

• all workers who paid taxes

Put the governments of ancient Athens in chronological order.

• monarchy,

  oligarchy, tyranny, democracy

• democracy,

  tyranny, oligarchy, monarchy

• oligarchy, monarchy, democracy tyranny

• tyranny, oligarchy, monarchy, democracy