Chap. 3-2 quiz

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

• democrat.

• ephor.

• oligarch.

• tyrant.

Spartan women were trained in

• cooking, cleaning, and combat.

• art, music, and poetry.

• sewing, sword-fighting, and trade.

• running, wrestling, and javelin throwing.

What did Sparta use to control its citizens?

• the helots

• the military

• the government

• forced physical fitness

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 whose reforms were popular among both nobles and the common people.

• Peisistratus

• Cleisthenes

• Plutarch

• Solon

Match each item with the correct statement below.

• helot

• the Spartan name for enslaved worker

• tyrant

• a ruler who seized power without legal right and rules with total authority

• democracy

• a person who enforced laws and managed tax collection in Sparta

• oligarchy

• a system of government in which a few people hold power

• ephor

• a system of government in which power is held by the people