Ancient Greece and Sparta

Sparta and Athens were both powerful cities in:

• Ancient Greece

• Ancient Egypt

• Ancient Rome

• Mesopotamia

Athens was located on the Aegean Sea, while Sparta was located:

• on the Mediterranean Sea.

• in a fertile inland valley.

• in a mountainous region of Greece.

• in the north of the country near Macedonia.

In terms of government, Athens was a ______, while Sparta was a _______.

• meritocracy, autocracy

• democracy, oligarchy

• democracy,

  autocracy

• oligarchy,

  dictatorship

The Athenian economy was based on _____.

• winning wars

• trade

• craftsmanship

• manual labor

The Spartan economy was based on ____.

• conquering and farming

• farming and trade

• trade and war

• war

Which city was more tolerant of new ideas: Athens or Sparta?

In Athens, the main purpose of education was to:

• teach students a marketable craft

• help students rise through social classes

• make children as smart as possible

• produce good citizens

In Sparta, the role of education was to:

• help students rise through social classes

• make good citizens

• produce warriors to protect the city-state

• make children as smart as possible

Women had the right to own property in _____.

Which city had more slaves than citizens: Sparta or Athens?