Athens and Sparta

Question 1

Where was Sparta located?

Answer 1

Peloponnesus

Question 2

Where was Athens located?

Answer 2

Attica

Question 3

What was Sparta’s geography like?

Answer 3

• more inland

- closer to sea

Question 4

What was Athens geography like?

Answer 4

• more coastal

- closer to sea

Question 5

What was boys lifestyle like in Sparta?

Answer 5

• trained to be soldiers

Question 6

What was boys lifestyle like in Athens?

Answer 6

• worked in fields to help their fathers in pottery or stone working
• some went to school

Question 7

What was girls lifestyle like in Sparta?

Answer 7

trained to be strong mothers to raise strong children ( to then be strong soldiers)

Question 8

What was girls lifestyle like in Athens?

Answer 8

stayed home to help mothers helped with weaving or in the fields see little, hear little, speak little.

Question 9

What was government like in Sparta?

Answer 9

Oligarchy

small group of richest men made decisions

Question 10

What was thee government like in Athens?

Answer 10

democracy

Question 11

What was the military like in Sparta?

Answer 11

stronger power and wanted to have strongest men

Question 12

What was the military like in Athens?

Answer 12

• more naval

- less stress on military

Question 13

Who did Sparta worship?

Answer 13

Zues

Question 14

Who did Athens worship?

Answer 14

Athena