HSC Ancient History – Sparta Exam Questions With Explanations Of Answers.

hellenic - correct answer relating to greece polis - correct answer city-state, a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state lakonia - correct answer region around sparta messenia - correct answer neighboring city-state enslaved to sparta as helots eunomia - correct answer good and good government, duty and obedience to the lawo pelopennese - correct answer peninsula and geographic region in southern greece helots - correct answer enslaved population of sparta agoge - correct answer spartan military/education school that boys began attending at the age of seven lycurgus - correct answer legendary lawgiver of Sparta, established the military-oriented reformation of Spartan society in accordance with the delphic oracle great rhetra - correct answer the militarised form and constitution of spartan society in response to the delphic oracle ephor - correct answer elected magistrates, one of the five men elected each year in ancient sparta who were responsible for the education of youth and the conduct of all citizens gerousia - correct answer council of elders spartiate - correct answer a male full citizen of sparta periokoi - correct answer non-citizen inhabitants of sparta syssitia - correct answer gathering and eating together in the barracks, mess halls. hoplite - correct answer a heavily armed citizen foot soldier oba - correct answer village karneia - correct answer festival dedicated to apollo homoioi - correct answer similar, with the belief that all spartans were equal and alike kleros - correct answer allotment of land given to spartiates lakedaemonians - correct answer spartans and perioikoi, a native or inhabitant of the lakonia region tresantes - correct answer spartans who had lost their citizenship due to cowardice in battle hypomeiones - correct answer spartans who lost their citizenship by failing agoge or not contributing to syssitia (inferiors) ekklesia - correct answer assembly of spartiates dual kingship - correct answer two military leaders of sparta paidonomos - correct answer guardian who supervised education of young spartan boys mora - correct answer artemis orthia - correct answer religious cult and temple in sparta for the goddess artemis krypteia - correct answer secret police, to keep helot population in check dioscuri - correct answer mythical spartan heroes, castor and pollux, youth of zeus artemis - correct answer goddess of the hunt and the moon, twin sister of apollo apollo - correct answer god of music, prophecy, and medicine, twin brother of artemis pithioi - correct answer spartan officials whose duty was to consult delphi about matters concerning sparta