Sparta and Athens

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

What did Sparta use to control its citizens?

• the helots
• the military
• the government
• forced physical fitness

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

• Peisistratus
• Cleisthenes
• Plutarch
• Solon

a person who enforced laws and managed tax collection in Sparta

• oligarchy
• democracy
• tyrant
• ephor

the Spartan name for an enslaved worker

• oligarchy
• democracy
• tyrant
• helot

a person who takes power by force and rules with total authority

• oligarchy
• democracy
• tyrant
• helot

a system of government in which a few people hold power

• oligarchy
• democracy
• tyrant
• helot

a system of government in which all citizens share in running the government

• oligarchy
• democracy
• tyrant
• helot