Athens Vs Sparta Flashcards
1
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Athens goods
A
trade
2
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Sparta goods
A
farming
3
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Athenian Government
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- Direct democracy
- Athenian men over the age of 18
- Assembly
- the boule
4
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Spartan government
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- Oligarchy
- Council of elders
5
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Athenian economy
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- Trade
- Traded honey, olive oil, silver, pottery
- Agora marketplace
- Coins
6
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Spartan economy
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- Farming
- Conquests of others
- Helots
- iron bars (hard to carry, but hard to steal)
7
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Athenian Education
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- Purpose was producing good citizens
- Good citizen should have good mind and body
- boys
- taught at home by their mothers until 6-7
- then went to school til 14
- reading, writing, math, literature
- 18 began military training
- girls
- household chores
8
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Spartan education
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- Purpose was to make capable men and women who could fight
- at 7 all children trained for battle
- Boys taught to suffer pain without complaining
9
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Women in Athens
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- Could not inherit much property
- could not choose husbands
- ## Household chores
10
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Slaves in Athens
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- born into
- war captives
- slaves performed a variety of jobs
11
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Women in Sparta
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- Same simple life as spartan men
- Plain clothing
- Expected to be able to fight
- More rights than other greek women
12
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slaves in Sparta
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- Helots
- Treated harshly so they wouldn’t revolt
