The Spartan Family -- study guide (master)
NAME: ____________________________ PERIOD: ____
1. What does the word "spartan" mean today? tough, with no luxury
2. Rather than being seen as part of a family, children were seen as part of
the state.
3. How were mothers seen as detrimental to their son's education?
too soft on them
4. What role did older boys play in training the younger boys?
train the younger boys
5. What happened to a Spartan who failed the graduation test at age 20?
denied citizenship
6. How did individual soldiers support their families?
given a farm, with Helots to work it
7. Young girls also were removed from the home at age 7. What were they taught at their schools, which were separate from boys?
physical training, and basic education
8. Spartan women married several years later (18-20 years old) than other Greek girls, who typically married between 14-16. Because they also had to pass what before they could marry?
citizenship test
9. Why did husbands and wives keep it secret that they loved each other?
love was viewed as a weakness
10. Spartan women had much more freedom than other Greek women. What were two rights they had which were denied other Greek women?
citizenship
property ownership
11. The Spartans despised Athenians "moral degeneration, which they felt came from Athenians having too many what?
luxuries
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1. What does the word "spartan" mean today? tough, with no luxury
2. Rather than being seen as part of a family, children were seen as part of
the state.
3. How were mothers seen as detrimental to their son's education?
too soft on them
4. What role did older boys play in training the younger boys?
train the younger boys
5. What happened to a Spartan who failed the graduation test at age 20?
denied citizenship
6. How did individual soldiers support their families?
given a farm, with Helots to work it
7. Young girls also were removed from the home at age 7. What were they taught at their schools, which were separate from boys?
physical training, and basic education
8. Spartan women married several years later (18-20 years old) than other Greek girls, who typically married between 14-16. Because they also had to pass what before they could marry?
citizenship test
9. Why did husbands and wives keep it secret that they loved each other?
love was viewed as a weakness
10. Spartan women had much more freedom than other Greek women. What were two rights they had which were denied other Greek women?
citizenship
property ownership
11. The Spartans despised Athenians "moral degeneration, which they felt came from Athenians having too many what?
luxuries
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