Sparta 5 - Life of a Spartan Citizen

Spartan Hoplites were

• Roman gladiators
• Medieval knights
• Politicians

• Infantry soldiers

What happened to unhealthy or weak infants in Spartan society?

• became slaves

• they were left to die

• adopted by other societies

• given special medicine

When were boys sent to live in military barracks?

• 7 years old

• 10 years old

• 16 years old

• 18 years old

Girls education included

• gymnastics

• pottery making

• wrestling & boxing

• farming

Which women had more freedoms than in other city-states?

• Roman women

• Athenian women

• Spartan women

• Hoplite women

Developing new ideas & trade networks & manufacturing

• was a high priority

• was taught at schools

• made them suspicious

• was the high council's responsibility

Spartans made little advancement in

• science & arts

• weaponry

• farming

• government

Which city-state's athletes usually won the Olympic Games?

• Spartan

• Roman

• Persian

• Mycenaeans

Who sacked Sparta in 396BCE?

• Macedonians
• Visigoths

• Athenians
• Persians

What happened to the Spartans after they were sacked?

• they dispersed throughout Greece

• they fled to Persia

• they were sold into slavery

• they fled to Rome