Spartan Society To The Battle Of leuctra 371BC

Question 0

What were Spartans also called?

Answer 0

Dorians

Question 1

What part of Greece was Sparta in?

Answer 1

Southern part of the peloponnese, southern peninsula of Greece

Question 2

How many village joined together to form the city state of Sparta

Answer 2

5

Question 3

On what river is Sparta located?

Answer 3

Eurotas river

Question 4

What is the nearest mountain called?

Answer 4

Mt taygetus

Question 5

How did Sparta differ from other Greek city states?

Answer 5

They did not have the same geography. They did not need to build walls and had a natural defence barrier.

Question 6

Why didn’t Sparta need defensive walls

Answer 6

They relied on the natural defences of the land. An enemy would have difficulty crossing the high rocky mt area.

Question 7

Who were Spartans main enemy

Answer 7

Helots

Question 8

Why was it unusual for helots to be Spartans main enemy

Answer 8

In the dark ages, the Spartans were a different race of people from most of the helots.
Helots were considered ‘the enemy within’

Question 9

How much territory did Sparta control?

Answer 9

From Laconia to messenia

Question 10

When did they invade the peloponnese?

Answer 10

During the dark ages 700BC

Question 11

What do we know about the Dorians

Answer 11

1. They are considered to be uncivilised people who in about 1000BC Invaded Greece from the north in a series of separate raids.
2. Most is unknown about their primitive beings however they were compared to be savages towards the cities in which the overran.

Question 12

What happened to the original inhabitants of the peloponnese?

Answer 12

Dorians defeated them and those enslaved became Helots

Question 13

Who were the perioeci

Answer 13

People that were not enslaved

Fellow Dorians

Question 14

5 ways Greek cities developed and expanded after the dark ages

Answer 14

1. Settlers were sent out to colonise new lands
2. Cities began to trade not within but abroad as well
3. New techniques were developed for craft work, new designs experimented
4. Skill and care were once again applied to such things as metal and woodwork
5. Attention was devoted I the arts; rediscovering of poetry, devotion to sculpture

Question 15

list 3 ways How did Sparta develop after the dark ages?

Answer 15

After the dark ages was known as “the age of experiment”

1. Sparta was advanced in fields if metal and woodwork
2. Amongst other sites Sparta continued ship trades
3. Sparta became known for a highly praised athletic lifestyle

Question 16

What changes occurred in Sparta about the middle of the 6th century BC

Answer 16

1. Sparta turned against the rest of Greece
2. They differed visitors as foreigners by which they remained hostile and restrictive at entry
3. The cut their readings considerably
4. No longer participated in athletics
5. Sparta remained conservative, rejecting new notions if literature and art forms.
6. While others decided to use coinage, Sparta used its traditional ‘awkward bars’ as money

Question 17

How did the changes in mid 6th century BC affect Spartans relationship with other Greek states?

Answer 17

1. Sparta ceased to develop
2. Instead of writing their own history people did it for them, hence it is unreliable to know about the history of Sparta

Question 18

Where did Dorians come from?

Answer 18

Before Greece, Dorians were wandering and relatively uncivilised people, they were Spartans when coming to Greece . They possibly came from thesele