1. How Far Away Was the City of Athens from the Coast?

HISTORY QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER 27

1. How far away was the city of Athens from the coast?

2. How far away from the city of Athens was the city of Sparta?

3. Which of these two cities had a democratic form of government?

4. What did Athenian slaves do if enough citizens did not attend the meetings?

5. What things did Athens value, and what things did Sparta value?

6. Which of the two cities discouraged trade? What was the reason for this? Since trade was discouraged, how did this city get the things it needed?

7. What was the purpose of education in Athens?

8. What was the purpose of education in Sparta?

9. In which of these two cities were women the most likely to receive some sort of education? How do you know?