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Which Greek City-State was a Democracy?
Athens
Sparta
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Which Greek City-State was an Oligarchy?
Athens
Sparta
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What is a democracy?
A government ruled by a small group of people
A government ruled by the citizens (ruled by the people)
A government ruled by one person (a king/queen)
A government where everyone and everything is equal
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What is an Oligarchy?
A government ruled by a small group of people
A government ruled by the citizens (ruled by the people)
A government ruled by one person (a king/queen)
A government where everyone and everything is equal
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What is a “helot” in Sparta?
Warrior
Woman
Slave
King
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Athens economy was based on…?
Farming
Taking Over People
Trade
Had No Economy
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Sparta's economy was based on...?
Farming and Taking Over People
Trade
Creating iron to sell to neighboring city-states
Had no economy
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This Greek city-state had ready access to water and excelled at sailing and boating?
Athens
Sparta
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What is an “agora”?
Sea Port
Large marketplace in ancient Sparta
Ancient Greek theater
Large marketplace in ancient Athens
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To be in the Council of Elders, you had to…
Come from a noble family
Be at least 60 years old
Be a male
All of the above
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At age 7, boys in Athens started…
School
Military Training
To join in the Assembly to debate
Were taken away from their family
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At age 7... boys in Sparta would begin?
School/Education
Military Training
Partake in Assembly debates
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In Sparta, Helots outnumbered the Spartans __ to 1
6
7
8
10
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Women in Sparta wore plain clothes, with no perfume or cosmetics
True
False
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True or False: Women could own property and even speak in public in Sparta
True
False
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Why did Sparta use heavy iron bars as their form of currency? (money)
Iron was worth much more in Sparta
Its weight discouraged people from stealing
They thought it was funny to watch people try to carry it
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Which Greek City-State discouraged trade?
Athens
Sparta
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In Sparta, once you were in the military, you served until age…?
40
50
60
70
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Greek City-States developed completely isolated from one another because...?
There were a lot of rivers
Mountains
Volcanos
There were no cars back then
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What is a Monarchy?
A government ruled by the people
A government ruled by a small group of people
A government ruled by a King or Queen
A government where everyone and everything is equal
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Athens and Sparta came together to fight off which empire?
Rome
Persia
Mongols
Alexander the Great