Geography and Natural Resources
The state or region of Sparta goes by many names
What is Laconia/Lakedaimonia?
What is 5?
Sparta had this many kings
What is two?
Sparta is just one of the Greek city-states
What is a poleis (singular: polis)?
To earn or maintain this, a man's parents both had to be Spartans, he had to pass the agoge AND make monthly contributions to his syssition
What is citizenship?
The southern part of Greece that is a peninsula
What is the Peloponnese?
This small hill formed what in the centre of Sparta
What is the acropolis?
This legendary lawgiver is said to have passed down the constitution, the education system, the communal meals, and more broadly, the Spartan way of life
Who is Lycurgus?
The foundational, primarily oral, constitution of ancient Sparta
What is the Great Rhetra?
What is the agora?
All male citizens over the age of 30
What is a Spartiate?
One of the mountain ranges that surrounded Sparta
What is the Taygetos or Parnon?
This large, open-space served multiple functions, including as a marketplace, a religious space and communal meeting place
What is the agora?
These institutions represented the democratic element of the Spartan government, as members were able to vote and/or be voted into their positions
What are the ephors and ekklesia?
This river flowed through Sparta
What is the Eurotas?
This body of 30 individuals, including the kings, represented the oligarchical element of the government
What is the gerousia?
This port city was the south of Laconia facilitated trade and communication
What is Gytheion?
The two kings came from these families/dynasties
Who are the Agiad and Europontid dynasties?