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Community Life in the Classical World (Foundation Tier)
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Read each question carefully and make sure that you know what you have to do before starting your answer.
There are two options in this paper:
Option 1: Sparta
Option 2: Pompeii
Answer questions from either Option 1 or Option 2.
Answer all questions from Section A and two questions from Section B of the option that you have studied.
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Option 1: Sparta
Answer all of Section A and two questions from Section B.
Section A
Task 1
Tick the box to complete each sentence correctly.
Example Young men were allowed only one cloak a year to…
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avoid fashions in clothing.
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increase their endurance.
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save money.
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show how well they looked after their cloak.
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(a) Young men’s food was rationed to…
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force the young men to steal.
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give the spare to the helots.
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have quick dinners.
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save money.
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(b) Young men went barefoot at all times to…
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avoid buying shoes.
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bring good luck.
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show off the size of their feet.
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strengthen their feet.
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(c) Young men generally exercised naked to…
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avoid getting their cloak dirty.
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improve their sun tan.
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keep cool.
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toughen their bodies.
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(d) Young men were allowed to kill helots to…
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control the size of the population.
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please their wives.
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prevent revolt.
D
worship the gods.
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Some of the following statements are true and some are false.
Tick the ‘true’ box if the statement is true, tick the ‘false’ box if it is not.
The first one has been done for you.
True
Spartan girls went to school.
False
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(a) Spartan girls married as teenagers.
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(b) During the marriage ceremony, the bride wore men’s clothes.
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(c) Spartan women had to exercise a lot.
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(d) Spartan women did the housework.
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(e) Spartan women had to be faithful to their husbands.
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Task 3
Tick the box to answer each question correctly.
Example What was the person called who created the Spartan education system?
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Demaratus
B
Leonidas
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Lykourgos
D
Spartacus
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(a) What sort of person was a Spartan boy’s education meant to create?
A
a brave soldier
B
a caring father
C
a skilled builder
D
a strong hunter
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(b) Which of the following happened to Spartan babies? They were…
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given cold baths every day.
B
given strict godparents.
C
left in the dark alone.
D
separated from their mother at birth.
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(c) At what age was a Spartan boy sent off to the agoge (boarding school)?
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(d) The headmaster of the agoge (boarding school) was always…
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a clever foreigner.
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a famous Spartan priest.
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a great Spartan warrior.
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an intelligent old pupil.
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(e) How could a Spartan boy be punished at the agoge (boarding school)?
(f)
A
a detention
B
a whipping
C
expulsion
D
extra written work
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Which two subjects played an important part of a Spartan boy’s education? Remember to tick
two boxes.
A
music
B
literature
C
physical education
D
religious education
E
science
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Task 4
The following are reasons why Spartan women were important to their society. Five reasons are
correct.
Tick the correct reasons. One has been done for you.
Tick four more correct reasons.
Spartan women were important to their society because…
they encouraged their husbands to be brave in battle.
they had to ensure the family had enough food.
they led the family in worshipping the gods.
they looked after foreign guests.
they provided their husband’s monthly ration of food for the syssition
(dining club).
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they taught their daughters to weave.
they were expected to produce healthy children.
they were in charge of the family’s money.
they would manage the farming estate.
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Task 5
Match the following Spartan terms with their meanings by choosing the correct words from the box
below.
One has been done for you. Match four more correct meanings.
Assembly of Spartan citizens
Craftsmen
Priests
Secret Police
Slaves
Spartan Citizens
Spartan Term
Meaning
Krypteia
Secret Police
Periokoi
Helots
Ecclesia
Spartiatai
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Task 6
Copy out the correct parts of Spartan government from the following list in order of their importance
during war. Then match the parts of government to their area of responsibility by choosing the correct
words from the boxes below.
One has been done for you. Match three more parts of government to their areas of responsibility.
Part of government
Responsibility
Ecclesia
Entertain foreign politicians
Ephors
Lead army into battle
Gerousia
Prepare for war
Kings
Prepare legislation
Senate
Vote on legislation
Part of government
Responsibility
Most important
Gerousia
Prepare legislation
Least important
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Section B
Answer any two questions; you must answer all parts of the questions you choose.
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Read the following passage and then answer all the questions that follow.
‘The city of the Spartans had no elaborate buildings or fortifications. If it were to become deserted,
I think there would be few who would believe in Sparta’s reputation.’
Thucydides History (adapted)
(a) Where in Greece was the city of Sparta? Describe in detail its geographical location.
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Read the following passage and then answer all the questions that follow.
‘As for the election of the Elders, the way in which the choice is made is childish.’
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(a) What sort of duties did the Council of Elders (Gerousia ) carry out?
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The picture below shows a statue of a Spartan warrior. Study the picture and then answer all the
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(a) Describe what a Spartan warrior would have looked like.
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Option 2: Pompeii
Answer all of Section A and two questions from Section B.
Section A
Task 1
Tick the box to answer each question correctly.
Example In which century was Pompeii first rediscovered?
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14th century AD
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16th century AD
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18th century AD
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19th century AD
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(a) What was the name of the archaeologist who excavated Pompeii in the 19th century?
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Fiorelli
B
Garibaldi
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Pirelli
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Tagliatelli
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(b) What did he pour into the space left behind by the corpses?
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cement
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clay
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plaster of Paris
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wax
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what they were doing
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what they were saying
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what they were wearing
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whether they were male or female
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(d) What else was this archaeologist famous for doing in the excavation of Pompeii?
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building a museum
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numbering the blocks of houses (insulae )
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opening a hotel for the tourists
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stealing the treasure
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Task 2
The following are reasons why the baths were important in Pompeii. Five reasons are correct.
Tick the correct reasons. One has been done for you.
Tick four more correct reasons.
The baths were important in Pompeii because they were a place to…
bet on your favourite gladiator.
carry out business.
get clean.
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go bathing with your wife.
meet other people.
sacrifice to the gods.
show off your power.
stay fit and healthy.
vote for the aedile.
wash your clothes.
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Task 3
The following are reasons why Pompeii was a good place to build a town. Five reasons are correct.
Tick the correct reasons. One has been done for you.
Tick four more correct reasons.
Pompeii was a good place for a town because…
it was a harbour town which offered good opportunities for trade.
it was next to a river which provided water for the crops.
it was on a lava spur which offered an excellent natural defence.
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many visitors went to the nearby sandy beaches and this helped the
economy to grow.
the area enjoyed warm weather which helped the crops to grow.
the land was believed to be sacred to the fire god who protected the area.
the slopes of Vesuvius were fertile which was good for crops.
the waters were full of sulphur which was good for health.
there were lots of minerals to mine around Vesuvius.
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Task 4
Tick the box to answer each question correctly.
Example In which year did Pompeii experience an earthquake before Vesuvius erupted?
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AD 36
B
AD 59
C
AD 62
D
AD 78
✓
(a) In which year did Vesuvius erupt?
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AD 71
B
AD 79
C
AD 84
D
AD 97
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(b) Immediately before Vesuvius erupted, which two of the following warning signs did the
Pompeians experience? Remember to tick two boxes.
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the birds were strangely silent
B
the chickens stopped laying eggs
C
the grapes growing on the mountain were diseased
D
the river stopped flowing
E
the wells dried up
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there was a huge storm
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Task 5
Some of the following statements are true and some are false.
Tick the ‘true’ box if the statement is true, tick the ‘false’ box if it is not.
The first one has been done for you.
True
The Eumachia was a building of political importance in Pompeii.
False
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(a) The Temple of Jupiter was the most important temple in Pompeii.
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(b) The Basilica was used for fulling (cloth-manufacturing).
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(c) The Macellum was a covered market.
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Task 6
Copy out the following areas of the Stabian Baths in the order a Pompeian would usually have visited
them.
Then match up the parts of the baths with the correct description of what happened there by choosing
the correct letter from the box below.
One has been done for you. Match four more parts of the baths with what happened there.
Part of the baths
What happened there
A = A cold room with a cold bath to
close the pores of the skin
Apodyterium
Caldarium
Frigidarium
Palaestra
Tepidarium
B = A hot room with a hot bath
C = A pool for family swimming
D = A warm room to slowly get used to
the heat
E = An exercise area to work up a
sweat
F = A changing room to undress
Part of the baths
What happened there
First part visited
Tepidarium
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Task 7
Put the different stages of the destruction of Pompeii into the correct order by putting numbers in the
boxes.
One of them has been done for you.
A strange cloud appeared above Mount Vesuvius.
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Buildings started to collapse under the weight of the ash and pumice.
Pompeii was buried for hundreds of years.
People in Pompeii suffocated or died because of the heat.
There was a series of ‘pyroclastic surges’ – waves of hot ash and gases.
There was a shower of ash, pumice and blackened stones falling from the sky.
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Section B
Answer any two questions; you must answer all parts of the questions you choose.
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The picture below shows a plan of the Forum in Pompeii. Study the picture and then answer all the
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central
area
(a) What religious and political buildings were there in the Forum at Pompeii?
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The picture below shows part of a wall-painting from the House of the Vettii. Study the picture and
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(a) What does the whole of this painting from the House of the Vettii show?
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(b) Explain how the layout of the House of the Vettii differs from the layout of a traditional town
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(a) What is the building in these pictures? Describe what was sold there.
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