Lesson Quiz 5-2: The Ancient Greeks

DIRECTIONS: Matching Match each item with its definition.

• Democracy

• a system of government in which a few people have control

• tyrant

• a person who takes power of government by force

• oligarchy

• a person who enforces the laws and manages taxes

• ephors

• helot

• the Spartan name for an enslaved work

• government in which all citizens can participate

The type of leader in power in Greece around 600 B.C.E. due to growing political 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?

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

• B. Athenian boys studied combat; Spartan boys played sports.

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

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

What was the Spartan education system focused on?

• Mathematics and Science

• Military and Physical Training

• Arts and Music

• Philosophy and Rhetoric

True or false? Athenian girls learned to read and write?

• True

• False

We like writers.

• Sparta

• Athens

Women train to be physically fit.

• Sparta

• Athens

Women can own land.

• Sparta

• Athens