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Athens or Sparta
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which City State welcomed visitors and allowed its citizens to travel freely | Athens |
| Which city state: put weak children to death, boys left their families at 7 to join the military, men served in the army from age 20 through age 60 | sparta |
| In this city state women were encouraged to be competive | Sparta |
| The city state used coins as money | Athens |
| In this city state male children were sent to elementary school at the age of 7 | Athens |
| What type of government best describes Athens? | Democracy |
| What type of government best describes Sparta? | Oligarchy |
| What best describes Athens "Way of Life" | Arts and education individual freedom and learning |
| How were members of the Council of 500 chosen? | by lottery |
| In this city state, every citizen served in the assembly | Sparta |
| In this city-state they were ruled by kings and a council | Sparta |
| Under the Athenian definition of citizen, who is qualified as a citizen | Men born in Athens |
| Ideas for American democracy began in ancient Athens. | True |
| Which city state made sure that helots (slaves) were not going to revolt? | Athens |
| Which city state were women encouraged to be competitive, could own property, and play sports? | Sparta |
| In which city state were they taught to read and write? | Sparta and Athens |
| Which city state hadnpoor farming community so they took land from other city states. | Sparta |
| Iron bars were used for money | Sparta |
| Describe Sparta's way of life | miliary and strength |
| Sparta had 2 kings and a Council of Elders make decisions. How were council members chosen? | They had o be at least 60 and wealthy |
| Which city state did more trading at the agora? | Athens. |
| Women were not citizens here | Athens |
| Women could own property here | Sparta |
| In this city state, women did not choose their husbands and usually married at 15 | Athens |
| In this city state every citizen served in the assembly | Athens |
| Slaves were treated harsley and sometimes killed here | Sparta |
| Here slaves could sell their extra crops and buy their freedom | Sparta |
| Slaves here often had a variety of jobs, some were craftsmen or ran the household | Athens |
| One condition that promoted the rise of democracy in Athens was anger and disconent among the poor (farmers, merchants, & artisans) due to many being forced to sell themselves into slavery to pay for debt. | true |
| Women and slaves had the same political rights as males in ancient Greece. | false |