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Sparta and Athens -Daily Life Athens

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Click all that were social Groups in Sparta

a)

Metics

b)

Helots

c)

Equals

d)

Citizens

2.

The Spartan Military had 2 main goals which were

a)

Protect farmers/Control Mount Olympus

b)

Control citizens/defeat Athens

c)

Control Helots/expand Spartan power

d)

build roads/conquer Persia

3.

The top social class in Athenian society was

a)

Helots

b)

Citizens

c)

Slaves

d)

Aristocrats

4.
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.
5.

Tyrants in Ancient Greece gained support by appealing to the people. Which tyrant reformed a harsh law code, cancelled land debt and freed debtors from slavery?

a)

Pericles

b)

Socrates

c)

Solon

d)

Homer

6.

Athenian Democracy didn't include everyone. Which of these groups were excluded from participating in government?

a)

foreigners

b)

slaves

c)

men

d)

women

7.

Sparta was ruled by...

a)

direct democracy

b)

an assembly and council of elders, 2 kings

c)

a democratic assembly

d)

a king with absolute power

8.
Is this statement about Sparta, Athens or both of them: Boys start training at age 7 and were in the military until age 60
a)
Sparta 
b)
Athens
c)
Both
9.
City-state of ancient Greece, NOTED FOR ITS DEMOCRATIC FORM OF GOVERNMENT
a)
Marathon
b)
Athens
c)
Sparta
d)
Crete
10.

9 Rulers elected by Athenian assembly served one year terms

a)

Helots

b)

Ephors

c)

Archons

d)

Metics

11.

Archon who created Athens first law code and was very harsh

a)

Peisistratus

b)

Cleisthenes

c)

Solon

d)

Draco

12.

5 of them elected by the assembly in Sparta served 1 year - to keep the King within the law

a)

Helots

b)

Ephors

c)

Archons

d)

Half - Citizens

13.

He created Athenian democracy

a)

Cleisthenes

b)

Draco

c)

Pericles

d)

Homer

14.

Second group in spartan society, free, served in the army, paid taxes, but no political power

a)

Aristocrats

b)

Metics

c)

Half- Citizens

d)

Equals

15.

Click all that apply to be a citizen that could participate in government in Athens

a)

female

b)

male

c)

born in Athens

d)

aristocrat

e)

farmer

16.

The City- State of Athens was named after which god or goddess ?

a)

Zeus

b)

Athena

c)

Apollo

d)

Ares

17.

This is an example of ?

a)

Terracing

b)

Irrigation

c)

rhetoric

d)

ditch witching

18.

Which of these has nothing to do with TRADE

a)

Ethics

b)

Athens

c)

Import

d)

Export

19.

Famous female Greek poet who wrote about every day life

a)

Homer

b)

Sappho

c)

Athena

d)

Erectheion

20.

Athenians believed money should be spent on ?

a)

Educational Buildings

b)

The Navy

c)

Homes for the Poor

d)

Public Buildings

21.

Which Athenian ruler ruled as a Tyrant

a)

Solon

b)

Peisistratus

c)

Draco

d)

Cleisthenes

22.

What form of Government did Athens have under Cleisthenes rule ?

a)

Tyranny

b)

Monarchy

c)

Representative Democracy

d)

Direct Democracy

23.

Teachers that opened school for older boys

a)

Sophists

b)

Professors

c)

Philosophers

d)

Hoplites