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6th grade Greece: mountains, seas and city-states; Athens and Sparta worksheet

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Greece: mountains, seas and city-states; Athens and Sparta

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    Athens and Sparta

    City-stateWhereGovernmentNotes
    AthensAttica, near the sea, with the port of Piraeusdemocracy: an Assembly that voted on decisions, and a Council of 500 chosen by lot for one yeargoods came and went by sea
    SpartaLaconia: villages in the inland valley of the Eurotas River, in the southeastern Peloponnesetwo kings, and a Council of Elders: the two kings plus 28 members aged at least 60, chosen for lifescholars disagree about how power was shared among its councils

    Kinds of government: monarchy is rule by one person, such as a king; oligarchy is rule by a few; democracy is rule by the people.

  2. Where was Sparta, Ari asks?

    • At the port of Piraeus
    • In an inland river valley in Laconia
    • On the island of Crete
    • In Attica, near the sea

  3. Athens and Sparta

    City-stateWhereGovernmentNotes
    AthensAttica, near the sea, with the port of Piraeus?goods came and went by sea
    SpartaLaconia: villages in the inland valley of the Eurotas River, in the southeastern Peloponnesetwo kings, and a Council of Elders: the two kings plus 28 members aged at least 60, chosen for lifescholars disagree about how power was shared among its councils

    The cell marked ? is blank. Kinds of government: monarchy is rule by one person, such as a king; oligarchy is rule by a few; democracy is rule by the people.

  4. Bo's chart has a blank: how was the Council of 500 in Athens chosen?

    • By the two kings and their families
    • By lot, for one year
    • Born into the job
    • For life, at age 60

  5. Athens and Sparta

    City-stateWhereGovernmentNotes
    AthensAttica, near the sea, with the port of Piraeusdemocracy: an Assembly that voted on decisions, and a Council of 500 chosen by lot for one yeargoods came and went by sea
    SpartaLaconia: villages in the inland valley of the Eurotas River, in the southeastern Peloponnesetwo kings, and a Council of Elders: the two kings plus 28 members aged at least 60, chosen for lifescholars disagree about how power was shared among its councils

    Kinds of government: monarchy is rule by one person, such as a king; oligarchy is rule by a few; democracy is rule by the people.

  6. Which city-state had a port on the sea, Esme asks?

    • Athens, with the port of Piraeus
    • Both had ports
    • Neither had ports
    • Sparta, on the Eurotas

  7. Rule by one person, such as a king, is called what, Jun asks?

    • Monarchy
    • Geography
    • Oligarchy
    • Democracy

  8. Rule by a few people is called what, Kira asks?

    • Oligarchy
    • Peninsula
    • Monarchy
    • Democracy

  9. Sparta had two kings and a small Council of Elders. Which kinds of rule does that mix, Luz asks?

    • Democracy alone
    • Monarchy and oligarchy
    • Rule by the sea
    • No government

  10. Sparta's elders served for life; Athens's Council served for one year. What is one difference, Noah asks?

    • Sparta changed its elders once a year, like Athens
    • Athens changed its Council each year
    • Both served for life
    • Both served for one day

  11. Athens had a port and goods came and went by sea. What work would that bring, Ren asks?

    • Mining in Laconia
    • Nothing, since ports bring no work
    • Trade and shipping
    • Farming in the Eurotas valley

  12. Sparta lay in an inland river valley. What would that valley be good for, Tala asks?

    • Nothing useful
    • Farming
    • Fishing far out at sea
    • Sea trade from its harbor

  13. How might geography make Athens and Sparta different, Zee asks?

    • Athens faced the sea; Sparta was inland
    • They had the same land
    • Both were on islands
    • Sparta had the port
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Greece: mountains, seas and city-states; Athens and Sparta. Every version has 10 questions, and the answer key prints on the second page.

What your child will learn

  • I can explain how mountains, seas and islands shaped where Greeks lived and farmed, and why Greece was many city-states.
  • I can compare Athens and Sparta by place and by how their governments were organized, using monarchy, oligarchy and democracy.
  • I can explain why Greeks settled new lands, why Athens bought grain, and how goods moved by sea.

Standard: D2.Geo.6.6-8

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