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- 1. Multiple Choice
What prompted the leader Lycurgus to change the Spartan social system?
A war with Persia
A war with Athens
Overpopulation
A slave revolt
- 2. Multiple Choice
What did the Spartans feel provided security and protection?
Military power
Economic strength
Intellectual ability
Strong fences
- 3. Multiple Choice
What dominated daily life in Sparta?
The arts
The sciences
The military
The women
- 4. Multiple Choice
What happened to a newborn boy if he did not look healthy?
It was returned to its mother
It was given to a slave to raise
It was taken out of the city and left to die
It was sold into slavery
- 5. Multiple Choice
At what age did boy leave home to start their military training?
Birth
7
12
20
- 6. Multiple Choice
Why would a Spartan boy be punished if he got caught stealing?
Because he did not bring enough for everyone
Because he got caught
Because he stole something
Because he did not ask his parents for the food
- 7. Multiple Choice
At what age did a Spartan man get to leave the army?
20
40
60
80
- 8. Multiple Choice
What were the two most important qualities of a good Spartan soldier?
loyalty
obedience
self-discipline
honesty
- 9. Multiple Choice
How did Spartans feel about comforts and luxuries?
They made them strong
They made them weak
They had to come from Athens
They had to be made of stone
- 10. Multiple Choice
How did Spartans feel about comforts and luxuries?
They made them stronger
They made them weak
They had to be made from stone
They had to come from Athens
- 11. Multiple Choice
Who did all of the work in Sparta?
Spartan soldiers
Spartan women
Slaves
The elderly
- 12. Multiple Choice
When compared to women of other city-states, what did Spartan woman have more of?
Slaves
Legal Rights
Jewelry
Children
- 13. Multiple Choice
Why did Spartan women receive physical training?
So they could arm wrestle their slaves
So they could join the army with their husbands
So they could bear strong healthy children
So they could marry a rich Athenian
- 14. Multiple Choice
Who ruled Sparta?
The Athenians
Three councilmen
A satrap
Two kings
- 15. Multiple Choice
Who ran the day-to-day activities in Sparta?
the kings
the satrap
elected officials
the dictator
- 16. Multiple Choice
What was the Spartan government set up to do?
Control the Peloponese
Control Athens
Control the Aegean
Control the helots
- 17. Multiple Choice
Who were the helots?
The foreigners
The soldiers
The slaves
The merchants
- 18. Multiple Choice
What did a Spartan youth have to do to prove he was a man?
Find a wife
Steal food
Strangle a slave
Kill an enemy soldier
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which city was Sparta's main rival?
Corinth
Delhi
Eritrea
Athens
- 20. Multiple Choice
In addition to physical training, what did Athenians value?
Education
Clear thinking
The arts
Warfare
- 21. Multiple Choice
How was an Athenian boy's education similar to a Spartan's?
They both learned how to run, jump & fight
They both learned to read and write
They both learned to play an instrument & sing
They both learned Mathematics
- 22. Multiple Choice
How long was an Athenian man in the army?
2 years
5 years
20 years
30 years
- 23. Multiple Choice
When would older men be required to serve in the Athenian army?
When the Spartans needed more soldiers
When Athens attacked another city
In times of war
Never
- 24. Multiple Choice
What did Athenian boys learn in addition to their physical training?
Read & write
Count
Sing
Play a musical instrument
- 25. Multiple Choice
If a boy was from a rich family, who continued a Athenian boy's education?
A distant cousin
His father
His mother
A private tutor
- 26. Multiple Choice
What was an Athenian education preparing boys to later do?
Tell stories around the hearth
Take part in the Assembly
Join the army
Become a skilled craftsman
- 27. Multiple Choice
What was the occupation did most of the boys from poor Athenian families?
Priest
Craftsman
Farmer
Slave
- 28. Multiple Choice
What was the belief about the education of an Athenian girl?
Girls were the best teachers
Girls had the same right to an education as boys
Girls needed to join the Assembly
Girls did not need an education
- 29. Multiple Choice
What were most Athenian girls taught to do?
Household tasks like weave & sew
Engage in debates
Write epics about the history of Athens
Take part in government
- 30. Multiple Choice
Define ALLIANCE
An agreement to pay your debts
An agreements to attack your neighbor
An agreement to work together
An agreement to work alone
- 31. Multiple Choice
What was the name of the alliance that had Sparta as its strongest member?
The Peloponnesian League
The Delian League
The Persian League
The Delphi League
- 32. Multiple Choice
Why was the Delian League given that name?
The god Delos was sacred to Athens
The money from the league was stored on Delos
The people of Delos paid to have their name used
The coins used in Greece were made in Delo
- 33. Multiple Choice
The strongest member of the Delian League, how did Athens treat the other members?
as superiors
as equals
as subjects
- 34. Multiple Choice
How did Athens use money from Delian League?
to pay for the protection of all league members
to pay the taxes of all league members
to pay for buildings put up in Athen
to pay enemies so they would not attack
- 35. Multiple Choice
Why did Sparta declare war on Athens?
Athens attacked Sparta
Sparta wanted a port city
to stop Athens' growth
to impress the Persians
- 36. Multiple Choice
What is the name of the war between Athens and Sparta?
Persian War
Peloponnesian War
Athenian War
Delian War
- 37. Multiple Choice
Who controlled nearly all of Greece after the Peloponnesian War?
Athens
Delos
Corinth
Sparta
- 38. Multiple Choice
What ended up leaving Greece open to attack from outside invaders?
fighting between city-states
an inability of city-states to work together
after so much fighting, there were not enough soldiers
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