Athens and Sparta

Type of government in Athens

• Monarchy
• Oligarchy
• Democracy
• Dictatorship

Type of Spartan Government

• Monarchy
• Oligarchy
• Democracy
• Councils

What the girls in Athens learned to do

• Fight
• weaving
• business
• fishing

Athenian boys stayed in school until age

• 7
• 12
• 18
• 30

Women in Sparta could 

• own land
• focused on housework 
• learn dramas
• travel 

Girls in Sparta trained to 

• take care of the house.
• weave
• fight
• play a lyre

Which group of people liked Greek tragedy and plays?

• Athenians 
• Spartans
• Helots

Spartan boys grew up living in 

• their parents' house. 
• their school. 
• their barracks. 
• a children's village. 

Slaves in Sparta were called

• Slaves
• Helots
• Spartans
• Outcast

Athenian boys were encouraged to do all of the following EXCEPT

• learning to read and write
• sports
• playing the lyre
• military battles