4.2 Sparta and Athens

__________________ overthrew the nobles with the support of the common people.

• Spartans
• Tyrants
• Athenians
• The assembly

By 500 B.C., most city-states became either oligarchies or ______.

• monarchies
• theocracies
• dictatorships
• democracies

In an oligarchy, a _______ have power.

• few queens
• few princes
• few people
• few dictators

In a democracy, all _______ share in the government.

• royalty
• citizens
• countries
• elders

_____ was an oligarchy that focused on military training.

• Athens
• Sparta
• Troy
• Delphi

Spartan boys started training at age ______.

• 7
• 13
• 18
• 21

Sparta's ______ was an oligarchy.

• government
• food
• religion
• flag

Two kings headed a council of _____.

• children
• teenagers
• adults
• elders

Athens was originally an oligarchy but became a _________.

• monarchy
• theocracy
• dictatorship
• democracy

_________ is credited with making Athens a democracy.

• Solon
• Peisistratus
• Cleisthenes
• Hercules