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Ch 5 Lesson 2 Sparta and Athens

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which statement about education in Athens is true?

a)

Both boys and girls were educated by their mothers

b)

Boys & girls attended school, but took different classes.

c)

Boys attended school, while girls were educated at home.

d)

Both boys and girls attended school & took the same classes

2.

Sparta’s economy was based on trade.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

What did Sparta use to control its citizens?

a)

the military

b)

the helots

c)

forced physical fitness

4.

In what way did a boy’s life in Athens differ from a boy’s life in Sparta?

a)

Athenians studied combat; Spartans played sports.

b)

Athenians went to school; Spartans served in military.

c)

Athenians were citizens at 30; Spartans were citizens at 18.

5.

Compared to women in other Greek city-states, Spartan women ...

a)

had more freedom

b)

enjoyed fewer rights

c)

very rarely left their homes

6.

What type of government did Sparta have?

a)

monarchy

b)

democracy

c)

oligarchy

7.

the name of Spartan slaves

a)

ephor

b)

helot

c)

citizen

8.

In Athenian society, even educated women were not seen as equals to men.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Since Spartan men lived away from home, Spartan women...

a)

could own property and travel.

b)

could join the army and serve with their husbands.

c)

became the government leaders.

10.

Sparta’s economy was based on...

a)

trade

b)

fishing

c)

agriculture

11.

Many tyrants came to power in Greece after 650 B.C.E. because

a)

was growing unrest among merchants, artisans, & farmers.

b)

the nobles were no longer interested in ruling.

c)

oligarchies failed when wealthy landowners gave up property.

12.

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

a)

democracy

b)

oligarchy

c)

monarchy

13.

a person who enforced laws and managed tax collection in Sparta

a)

ephor

b)

helot

c)

citizen

d)

noble