Vocabulary
Fill-in-the-Blank
True/False
Athens/Sparta
100
An independent city that has its own government, laws, army, and form of money.
What is a city-state
100
Sparta was ruled by an ______________, which meant the power was in the hands of a few.
oligarchy
100
In Sparta, only boys were trained to fight.
False
100
This city-state was a democracy.
Athens
200
A marketplace in ancient Greece
What is the agora
200
The ____________ met on a hillside in Athens every 10 days in order to decide whether or not to approve proposed laws.
Assembly
200
Spartan women were expected to guard against invaders and revolts from slaves while their husbands were away.
True
200
This city-state was located on the peninsula of Peloponnesus.
Sparta
300
A peninsula forming the southern part of the mainland of Greece
What is Peloponnesus
300
Spartans __________ and __________ other people in order to get the goods they needed for everyday life.
farmed, conquered
300
Athenian girls went to school between the ages of 6 and 14 in order to learn reading, writing, and arithmetic.
False - most were never taught to read or write.
300
The women of this city-state had many more rights than other Greek women.
Sparta
400
A city-state of ancient Greece that was first to have a democracy; the capital of present-day Greece.
What is Athens
400
The ___________ of __________, which consisted of 2 kings and 28 other men, made all of the important decisions in Sparta.
Council, Elders
400
If a man wanted to become a member of Athen's Council of 500, he had to overthrow a council member.
False - men were selected by a random drawing.
400
This city-state used coins, which made trade easier.
Athens
500
The way a community or region organizes the manufacture and exchange of money, food, products, and services.
What is economy
500
__________, or Spartan slaves, were allowed to buy their freedom.
Helots
500
Only citizens of a certain age were allowed to speak at the Assembly in Athens.
False - every citizen had the opportunity to speak, if he wanted.
500
This city-state would abandon infants that seemed weak or unhealthy.
Sparta
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