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WorksheetsSpartan Quiz
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 10mins
Sparta is located on a peninsula in southern Greece called the __________.
Peloponnese
Athens
Spartiates
Helotian
Who owned the farms that helots worked on?
Athenians
Philosophers
Spartiates
Xenophon
The (a) is a military formation with soldiers holding a sword and a shield that interlocked with their neighbors.
Who were the helots?
pure Spartans
soldiers who went to battle for the Spartans
conquered people who worked for the Spartans on their farms
Another name for Persians
The Spartan military like education system that trained boys from 8-21 was called the (a) . (Spelling counts!)
How many years did a Spartan boy spend in the agoge?
13 years
30 years
7 years
60 years
Which of the following is a value of the Spartans? (Check all that apply)
Higher education
Obedience
Strength (fitness)
Courage
True or False: Spartan boys wore the same garment throughout the year.
True
False
What happened to boys who were caught stealing?
They were given a garment.
They were alleviated of their hunger.
They were chastised with whipping.
They were made a helot.
The (a) was a kind of secret police manned by members of the agoge to keep the helots in line. (Spelling counts!)
What was the Spartans' justification for killing helots.
To prevent them from rebelling.
To practice the phalanx.
To provide garments for the agoge members.
To provide food for the Spartiates.
Which of the following were Spartans not allowed to do? (Check all that apply)
Travel
Learn music
Practice dancing
Attend plays (comedy or tragedy )
Why did the Spartans think money was not important?
It did not exist.
The Helots did the work for them.
Soldiers were pampered by the Helots.
They were given one garment a year.
According to Xenophon and Plutarch, what was the purpose for training Spartan girls to wrestle, run, and throw?
To produce strong and healthy children
To be equal with the boys
To ensure the helots do not rebel.
To win against Athens in the Olympics
Women would exercise by, "throwing the quoit". The quoit is a...
javelin
iron ring tossed like a horseshoe
a shotput
a frisbee
During what battle did 300 Spartan soldiers hold back the 10,000 Persian soldiers? Every Spartan died, but the Persian invasion never reached the Spartan homeland.
Battle of Marathon
Battle of Thermopylae
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Persia
