WorksheetsSparta - History and society
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 7mins
Match the following terms to do with Sparta
Greek enslaved by Spartans to work on their farms
helot
River that ran through Sparta
Eurotas
Mountain that borders Spartan territory
Taygetus
Neighbouring territory invaded and oppressed by Sparta
Messenia
Larger area of Greece where Sparta was located
Peloponnese
Which of these was a consequence of the 2nd Messenian War?
Sparta created the helot system
Sparta developed into a militarised system to suppress helots in future
Sparta formed the Peloponnesian League
Persia invaded Greece
Reorder the following events to do with the history of Sparta
The Spartans invade Messenia and create helots
The 2nd Messenian War
The Formation of the Peloponnesian League
The Persian Wars
The Peloponnesian War
Which of these were done by the Spartans to ensure that they could control the helots?
War was declared on the helots at the start of every year
The Peloponnesian League was formed
Every Spartan male trained only as a soldier
Every Spartan had an equal portion of land
Which of these were part of Lycurgus' reforms of Spartan society?
communal mess halls where all male citizens ate together
creating two kings instead of one
a monetary system without gold or silver coinage
No private belongings; everything was owned by the state
For every Spartan there were (according to Herodotus) how many helots?
(a)
What does the word 'perioikoi' mean?
Those who do odd-jobs
Those who live around
Those who we have conquered
Those who we don't like
Match the following sources on Sparta to their details
Greek historian who wrote about the Persian wars. Might have visited Sparta
Herodotus
Athenian general and writer who fought in the Peloponnesian war
Thucydides
Athenian who liked the Spartan system and retired to live near Sparta
Xenophon
A much later Greek who wrote biographies of famous Spartans
Plutarch
A Spartan poet who wrote war-songs
Tyrtaeus
The man credited with creating the Spartan system was called...
(a)
Which of these was a possible problem for Spartan society created by the reforms of Lycurgus?
It stopped creativity and flexible thinking
It caused Spartans to leave Sparta for other places to escape
It made the helots angry
It caused tensions between Spartans because it was unfair
