Athens/Sparta

Those who were allowed to be citizens in Athens

• Natural-born people

• Free men over the age of 18

• Aristocrats over the age of 18

• Anyone

Group in Athens that met every day and were randomly selected.

• Assembly

• Council of 500

• Free men

• Agora

Slaves in Athens would use these to get more people to attend Assembly meetings.

• Pieces of a vase

• Anything they could

• The military

• Ropes dipped in red paint

The government in this city-state was a democracy

• Athens

• Sparta

The economy was based on trade.

• Athens

• Sparta

The government was an oligarchy

• Athens

• Sparta

The group in Sparta that made important decisions.

• Council of 500

• Council of Elders

• Democracy

• Assembly

The group of people in Sparta who were allowed to be in the Council of Elders.

• Free men over the age of 18

• Rich men over the age of 60

• Any male citizen

• Those who inherited the power.

The group in Sparta that had very little power in government.

• Council of Elders

• Assembly

• Council of 500

The city-state that did not have enough land to farm on which led to trading with other city-states

• Athens

• Sparta