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City-States, Athens, Sparta
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City-States and Types of Government
• True or False: All city-states spoke Greek
• True
• All city-states spoke Greek, just different
dialects (varieties)
• True or False: All city-states worshiped
the same main gods.
• True
• Some gods were Zeus, Athena, Posiden,
Hades, Hera
• True or False: Not all city-states
participated in the Olympics.
• False
• True or False: Each city-state has their
own legends, traditions, and heroes.
• True
• True or False: All city-states had the same
government.
• False
• Describe a monarchy
• A single leader (king, queen, pharaoh) who
usually inherits the throne
• Describe a oligarchy
• Government run by rich, noble men
• Describe a tyranny
• Takes power illegally
• Describe a aristocracy
• Noble or royal family has power
• Describe a democracy
• Power is with the people: citizens debate,
make laws, and hold elections
Athens
What are the four requirements to be an
Athenian citizen?
• Male
• 18+ age
• Not a slave
• 2 Athenian parents
What is the purpose of the Assembly?
• Vote
• Pass laws
• Raise/lower taxes
• Ostracize
• Vote on war or peace
True or False: Athens used a court and jury to
decide if people were guilty.
• True
Who were the strategoi?
• Army generals elected by the Assembly
True or False: Athenian women had many
rights.
• False
• 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
True or False: Life was horrible for Athenian
slaves.
• False
• Slaves had it pretty good in Athens
compared to Sparta. They could buy their
freedom and cleaned, shopped, cooked,
raised children, and entertained.
True or False: Athenians wanted their men to
be “well-rounded”.
• True
• 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.
True or False: Girls could attend school.
• False
• Only boys could attend school, girls were
expected to tend to the children and home
True or False: Athens was located on the
coast.
• True
• Athens was on a peninsula, near the Aegean
Sea
True or False: Athens was located inland, not
on a coast.
• False
• Athens was on a peninsula, near the Aegean
Sea
True or False: Athens had a large navy.
• True
• Being right on the coast allowed Athenians
to build up a very powerful navy.
Sparta
True or False: Sparta required 4 years of
military training.
• False
• Sparta required 23 years of military
training.
True or False: Sparta had a large, powerful
navy.
• False
• Because Sparta was mostly landlocked, they
focused on their army, not their navy.
Describe the Spartan education system.
• Age 7 boys started military school
• Little or no reading, writing, or poetry
Describe life for Spartan children.
• Abandoned weak babies to die
• No comforting
• No shoes
True or False: Women had no rights in Sparta.
• False
• Women were given some rights
• Encourage to play sports and participate in
foot races
• Could own land
• Raised their sons to be warriors
Describe what life was like for a Spartan
slave.
• Slaves were treated like animals
• Worked on farms
• Beaten
• Put to death for complaining.
True or False: The Spartan government was
mostly oligarchy.
• True
• Two kings ruled to keep each other from
becoming tyrants
• The kings were also in charge of the army.
True or False: The Spartans had an Assembly.
• True
• It was less democratic then Athens
• No debates
• All citizens just approved or disapproved
• Held elections in an open field by shouting