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Sparta and Athens

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where is Athens located on the map of Greece?

a)

Northwest near Macedonia

b)

Southeast Greece on the Mainland near the Aegean Sea

c)

Northern Greece

2.

Where is Sparta located?

a)

Southwestern Greece on the Mediterranean coast

b)

Western part of Asia Minor

c)

Near the island of Crete

3.

What type of government did Athens have?

a)

Totalitarian Monarchy

b)

A Republic

c)

A Democracy

4.

Why did Athens create the Olympic Games?

a)

To honor the god Zeus

b)

To honor the goddess Hera

c)

To honor themselves

5.

What were some of the Olympic Sports?

a)

Football and baseball

b)

Wrestling, javelin, and running

c)

Games of chess and checkers

6.

A "soldier city-state" refers to:

a)

Athens

b)

Macedonia

c)

Sparta

7.

At what age did Sparta kids begin Army training

a)

Age 7

b)

Age 18

c)

Age 3

8.

Spartan soldiers would fight_____________________________

a)

For a little while and they would retreat!

b)

To the last man!

c)

They would eventually surrender!

9.

What type of government did Sparta have?

a)

A Democracy like Athens

b)

A Representative Republic like we have in the United States

c)

An Oligarchy, with a small ruling group of leaders

10.

Vocabulary:


What does the verb "to discourage" mean?

a)

To take away a person's courage

b)

To prevent or seek to prevent

c)

It doesn't mean anything

11.

Vocabulary:


What does "to mandate" mean?

a)

to order, force, make it law

b)

When a man goes on a date with his girlfriend

c)

An edible fruit from a tree

12.

Extra Question: From your last lesson

What Macedonian conqueror was taught by Philosopher Aristottle

a)

Alexander the Great

b)

Theodora of Byzantium

c)

Julius Caesar of Rome

13.

On what continent would you find Greece?

a)

Greece is part of Asia

b)

Greece is part of Europe

c)

Greece is part of South America

d)

Greece is part of Australia

14.

From previous lessons on Greece, on what island did the Minoans live?

a)

Cyprus

b)

Crete

c)

Sicily

d)

Sardinia

15.

Write a complete sentence: By 430 B.C., what was the percentage of male citizens? (Sentence starter, "The percentage of ____________________________________________

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16.

True or False: In Athens, women could vote.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Write a complete sentence: If you lived in ancient Greece, what would you like to be? Examples,: An Athens philosopher, a Spartan soldier, an Olympic athlete (remember, only men could compete in the Greek Olympics...and only men could watch the games), a storyteller and writer like Homer, an elected leader in Athens, a trader from Mycenia who traveled to all the city-states., a sea captain on a trading ship...your choice! Pick one of these, or something else you can think of...you can't be wrong!

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18.

What were the two main seas that were on the southwestern and southeastern coasts of Greece?

a)

The Mediterranean Sea and the Aegean Sea

b)

The Adriatic Sea, and the Black Sea

c)

The Caribbean Sea and the Sea of Cortez

d)

The Baltic Sea and the Caspian Sea

19.

Do you love sitting in groups of Four? You can't be wrong!

a)

Yes

b)

Okay

c)

No

d)

Not really

20.

How long did the Spartan men have to stay in the army?

a)

Until the age of 22

b)

Until the age of 30

c)

Until the age of 50

d)

until the age of 35