Sparta & Athens: 7-2 Quiz

The type of leader who came to power in Greece around 600 b.c. due to growing political and economical unrest among city-states was a(n)

• democrat.

• ephor.

• oligarch.

• tyrant

What did Sparta use to control its citizens?

• the helots

• the military

• the government

• forced physical fitness

Spartan women and girls were trained in

• cooking, cleaning, and combat.

• art, music, and poetry.

• sewing, sword-fighting, and trade.

• running, wrestling, and javelin throwing.

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

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

• Athenian boys studied combat; Spartan boys played sports.

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

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

Name the 594 B.C. Athenian ruler whos reforms were popular among the common people. He forgave the farmers debt and freed the enslaved.

• Peisistratus

• Cleistheneses

• Michael Paul Groeb

• Solon

A person who enforced laws and managed tax collection in Sparta...

• helot

• ephor

• tyrant

• oligarch

The Spartan name for the enslaved worker...

• ephor

• tyrant

• helot

• democrat

The word "helot" means...

• captured

• political

• a person who is able to vote

• person in the assembly

A person who takes power by force and rules with total authority...

• oligarch

• republican

• ephor

• tyrant

A system of government in which all citizens share in running the government...

• tyranny

• oligarchy

• democracy

• monarchy