Government in Athens
What modern country uses Athens' ideas of democracy?
The United States.
What year was the city of Sparta the biggest city-state in Greece?
700 B.C.
Girls would weave cloth out of _________'s wool.
sheep
Athenian girls stayed home with their ______.
Moms
What did Athens focus on?
Education
True or False: Rich citizens wanted more say in government.
False.
What year did the slaves revolt?
600 B.C.
True or False: The lives of boys and girls were similar in Athens.
False
Did all Athenian boys go to school?
No.
________ had more slaves than all city-states.
Sparta.
Most early leaders in Athens belonged to _______ families.
Noble
Sparta's leaders wanted to make the strongest __________ power in Greece.
Military.
Where did Athenian boys practice wrestling and boxing?
The Gym.
In Sparta, all children were expected to help the _______.
Polis
A low mountain near Sparta formed Sparta's __________.
Acropolis
Did the Athenians put effort into a strong military?
No.
How old were Spartan boys and girls when they began training?
7 years old
What time would some Athenian girls help in the fields?
Harvestime.
True or False: Girls were trained to be strong mothers of smart children.
False
What is a democracy?
A system of government in which citizens vote to make decisions about the government.
What does democracy mean in Greek?
"Rule by the people"
List 3 things that Spartan girls practiced.
Possible answers: running, throwing spears, throwing javelins, and playing ball games.
Athens was on the peninsula of ___________ and northeast of Sparta.
Attica
Name two things boys learned in Athens.
Reading and Writing.
Where is Sparta located?
The southern Peloponnesus.