Name: _____KEY______
Date: _____________
Athens/Sparta Study Guide
Your test will be on ________________________________
Label the map below. You can find all of the locations below in your Ancient Greece packet.
Adriatic Sea
Aegean Sea
Ionian Sea
Peloponnesus
Athens
Sparta
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Athens
Sparta
Ionian Sea
Aegean Sea
Peloponnesus
Adriatic Sea
This is a picture of the Acropolis. Answer the following
questions below.
1. What does acropolis mean?
____”the high city ______________
2. At the top of the acropolis is a building. What
is this structure called and who was it dedicated to?
____Parthenon__________________________
____It is dedicated to Athena_____
3. Athena is the goddess of __wisdom_, ____warfare_ and the protector of _Athens__.
Timeline of a Spartan Soldier
Directions: Fill in the time line below of the important facts that happened at each age of the Spartan
soldier
13-17
Age 24
Age 60
Sent to live alone in
the woods for a
period of time
Became a first
class soldier
Spartan soldier is
able to retire
____I_____________I________________I_____________I________________I_________________I___
Age 7
Age 18
Age 30
Boy left his
home to begin
training
Able to grow long
hair which was a
symbol of
manliness
Spartan
became a full
citizen
Types of Government
Directions: Match the type of government with the descriptions below.
__E_ 1. Monarchy
A. Athens had this type of government
__C_ 2. Democracy
B. Form of gov’t in which all citizens vote on
every issue
__B_ 3. Pure Democracy
C. Means “Rule by the People”
__A_ 4. Limited Democracy
D. Form of government in which a few select
people rule
__D_ 5. Aristocracy
E. Form of government in which one person
rules, usually a king or a queen
Completion
1. A helot from Ancient Sparta would be the same as _slave____.
2. Read about the Perioikoi on page 5 in your packet. Write down two facts about them.
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They were not regarded as citizens
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Free men who were allowed to trade and serve in the army
3. Who is Cleisthenes and what did he create?
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Credited with making Athens a democracy
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Created a council of 500 citizens to carry out daily business
4. What did Solon do for all of the farmers and the slaves?
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Got rid of farmers debt and freed slaves
5. What are changes called that are meant to improve the lives of citizens? ___Reforms______
6. Patriarchal means the ___father______ is the head of the household.