Athens vs Sparta

Question 0

Physical education in Sparta

Answer 0

They were trained to be good soldiers and entered military school at the age of 6.

Question 1

Physical education in Athens

Answer 1

They played basketball, pulled carts, trew sticks, and many other activities

Question 2

cultural education in Athens

Answer 2

Girls learned household chores from their mamas. Men always had more freedom

Question 3

cultural education in Sparta

Answer 3

boys entered military school at the age of 6. They always cared about fighting more than actual education

Question 4

goal of education in Athens

Answer 4

Their goal was to produce good citizens. Boys were taught to read, write, play instruments, poetry, math, science, and how to fight

Question 5

goal of education in Sparta

Answer 5

They were trained to be good soldiers. The goal was to produce and maintain a powerful army

Question 6

Military obligations of citizens in Athens

Answer 6

After a full education through high school, boys went to military schools. They went to military school but they were not bound to it. They still used literature and other things they learned from school

Question 7

military obligations of citizens in Sparta

Answer 7

Boys entered military school at the age of 6. The schools were tough and curial to the boys on purpose. They boys had to stay in the military until it was time to retire. Girls were also taught how to fight but their school was not as curial.

Question 8

Role of women in Athens

Answer 8

They had very little freedom. The girls did not go to school they were taught by their mothers how to cook, clean, sew, run a household, and many other household chores. In the women’s own home she was the boss. They were not allowed to leave the house without their husbands permission, and couldn’t even visit a temple without permission also.

Question 9

Role of women in Sparta

Answer 9

They had a great deal of freedom. Thy could leave the house whenever they want, run a business. They went to military school outside their house and became skilled warriors. If the men left for war it was the women’s job to defend the city from attacks

Question 10

form of government in Athens

Answer 10

They developed a direct democracy. However democracy was linited because only free men were citizens.

Question 11

form of government in Sparta

Answer 11

there government was part monarchy, part oligarchy, and part democracy.