1. City-States, Athens, Sparta
Quiz Review

2. City-States and Types of Government

3. True or False: All city-states spoke Greek
All city-states spoke Greek, just different dialects (varieties)

4. True or False: All city-states worshiped the same main gods.
Some gods were Zeus, Athena, Posiden, Hades, Hera

5. True or False: Not all city-states participated in the Olympics.

6. True or False: Each city-state has their own legends, traditions, and heroes.

7. True or False: All city-states had the same government.

8. Describe a monarchy
A single leader (king, queen, pharaoh) who usually inherits the throne

9. Describe a oligarchy
Government run by rich, noble men

10. Describe a tyranny
Takes power illegally

11. Describe a aristocracy
Noble or royal family has power

12. Describe a democracy
Power is with the people: citizens debate, make laws, and hold elections

13. Athens

14. What are the four requirements to be an Athenian citizen?
Male
18+ age
Not a slave
2 Athenian parents

15. What is the purpose of the Assembly?
Vote
Pass laws
Raise/lower taxes
Ostracize
Vote on war or peace

16. True or False: Athens used a court and jury to decide if people were guilty.

17. Who were the strategoi?
Army generals elected by the Assembly

18. True or False: Athenian women had many rights.
Women has no political rights and were basically controlled by men
They could not debate or be in the Assembly
Did not go to school

19. True or False: Life was horrible for Athenian slaves.
Slaves had it pretty good in Athens compared to Sparta. They could buy their freedom and cleaned, shopped, cooked, raised children, and entertained.

20. True or False: Athenians wanted their men to be “well-rounded”.
Men were taught rhetoric – the “art of arguing”, reading, writing, math, logic and music.
They also attended military school for 2 years and exercised to keep fit.

21. True or False: Girls could attend school.
Only boys could attend school, girls were expected to tend to the children and home

22. True or False: Athens was located on the coast.
Athens was on a peninsula, near the Aegean Sea

23. True or False: Athens was located inland, not on a coast.
Athens was on a peninsula, near the Aegean Sea

24. True or False: Athens had a large navy.
Being right on the coast allowed Athenians to build up a very powerful navy.

25. Sparta

26. True or False: Sparta required 4 years of military training.

27. True or False: Sparta had a large, powerful navy.
Because Sparta was mostly landlocked, they focused on their army, not their navy.

28. Describe the Spartan education system.
Age 7 boys started military school
Little or no reading, writing, or poetry

29. Describe life for Spartan children.
Abandoned weak babies to die
No comforting
No shoes

30. True or False: Women had no rights in Sparta.
Women were given some rights
Encourage to play sports and participate in foot races
Could own land
Raised their sons to be warriors

31. Describe what life was like for a Spartan slave.
Slaves were treated like animals
Worked on farms
Beaten
Put to death for complaining.

32. True or False: The Spartan government was mostly oligarchy.
Two kings ruled to keep each other from becoming tyrants
The kings were also in charge of the army.

33. True or False: The Spartans had an Assembly.
It was less democratic then Athens
No debates
All citizens just approved or disapproved
Held elections in an open field by shouting