Sparta
What was Sparta?
Sparta was the largest ancient Greek city-state located on the southern Peloponnesus.
True or False: Polis leaders wanted to make Sparta the strongest military in all of Greece.
True
Were the lives of boys and girls different or the same?
They were very different.
Athenians did not spend very much ______ or _______ building a strong army.
They did not spend very much time or energy building a strong army.
True or False: Sparta had more slaves than city states.
The answer is true.
In what year was it the largest city-state?
700 B.C.
What was the age that boys and girls were supposed to begin their training?
They were supposed to begin their training at age 7.
What would the girls use to weave cloth?
They would use sheep's wool.
Most early leaders belonged to what kind of families ?
They belonged to noble families.
True or False: Sparta's people wanted to make their polis strong.
The answer is true.
What formed Sparta's acropolis?
It was a low nearby mountain.
What were the boys trained to be when they grew up?
They were trained to be soldiers.
Athenian girls did not practice sports; instead they would stay home and do what?
They would help their mothers.
Eventually ______ citizens demanded to have more say in how their government was run.
The answer is poor.
True or False: Children were expected to help there polis.
The answer is true.
Where did farmers gather to do business?
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the agora
What did the girls do during their training?
They practiced running, throwing spears and javelins, and playing ball games.
Girls who lived on farms helped theif fathers on the field during what time of the year?
During harvest time
What does democracy mean in Greek?
It means "ruled by the people".
Our ideas of democracy in the U.S are connected to ___________ ____________.
Ancient Greece
True or False: Most of the farm workers were slaves.
True
Girls were trained to be what when they grew up?
They were trained to be strong mothers of strong children.
What did the boys practice at the gym before going home?
They practiced boxing and wrestling before going home.
Define democracy.
Democracy: a system of government in which citizens vote to make decisions about the government.
True or False: Life in Sparta was similar to life in Athens.
The answer is true.