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SS_11.3

SS Chapter 11 Lesson 3

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What is a political unit composeeof a city and its surrounding lands? city-state
What is the Greek word for city-state? polis (also the root of the English word = Politics)
What do you call and open space where people came for business and public gatherings in ancient Greece? agora
What is the type of government in which a king or queen has supreme power? monarchy
What is the term for the upper class or nobility? aristocracy (aristos = best, kratos = power)
What is the term that means, "rule by the few" and was the basis of power in some Greek city-states? oligarchy (oligos = few, arkhe = rule)
What do you call a person in ancient Greece who took power in an illegal way? tyrant
What do you call a person who is loyal to a government and who is entitled to protection by that government? citizen
What do you call a government in which the citizens make political decisions? democracy (direct democracy) (demos = the people, kratos = power)
What is a form of democracy, as in Athens, where only some of the people are considered citizens with a voice in government? limited democracy
Who were the Athenian leaders that gradually reformed and gave people more power? Solon & Cleisthenes
How did Solon organize citizens in 594 BC? (4) classes based on wealth
Who increased citizen's power in 500 BC & took power away from nobles & organized citizens by residence, not wealth? Cleisthenes
Who freed slaves who were enslaved because of debt, and created a law that no citizens could be enslaved? Solon (known as one of the Seven Wise Men of Greece, from a noble family, but reduced the noble's power) Known for poetry.
What is called the birthplace of democracy? Athens
If a person was seen as a danger to the city-state, the people would vote by scratching their name on pottery (called ostracon) & the person would be sent away for 10 years, this is called? ostracized
What did juries in Athens use to vote guilty or not guilty? Tokens - hollow center spoke = guilty, other = not guilty
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