Ch10 The City-States
10-2 Sparta
1. Sparta
-south-central region of Greece__________
-500 BC great military power in Greece
-1st ruled by king
-800 BC ruled by aristocrats with __ kings
-lead army
-conduct ________ services
2. Citizens
-___________ – only citizens
-men 20 years old and members of assembly
-passed laws
-decided on war and ______
-assembly had 5 managers (ephors)
-in charge of public affairs
-education
-Council of Elders
-helped ephors
-_____ over 60
-suggested ____
-served as high ____
3. helots
-worked the land
-1/2 of crops given to ________ (own land,
lived in center of polis)
-outnumbered aristocrats
4. perioeci
-merchants and artisans
-lived in village
-not citizens
-workers
-outnumbered aristocrats
5. aristocrats
- trained for army and war
-afraid of change
-______times more helots and
perioeci
6. life
-wanted to be the ________ people in
Greece (main goal)
-________ newborns were left on
____________ to die
-age 7 boys were sent to military camp
-trained by teens
-______ were allowed to mix freely w/men
-allowed to attend sporting events
-wrestling, racing
-believed new ideas would weaken their
way of life