Greece Quest - Democracy
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| Who could be considered the “father of Athenian democracy” because he started true democracy? | Cleisthenes
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| He ended debt slavery in Athens | Solon
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| How did Draco’s laws affect the power of people noble leadership? | Weakened their monopolies
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| Name 4 groups of people who did not have citizenship in Athens? | Slaves, women, children, metics
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| For how many years could a person be ostracized? | 10 years
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| Other than the Council of 500 & the Citizens’ Assembly, how else could citizens serve the Athenian government? | On a jury (People’s Court)
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| In what year did tyranny officially end in Athens? | 510 BCE
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| Which part of Athenian Democracy was responsible for voting on new laws? | Citizens’ Assembly
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| In which form of government does the power lie in the hands of a single person who illegally takes this power and keeps it through cruel and abusive means? | Tyranny
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| Who did kings turn to enforce laws and make people pay taxes? | The Army
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| What do you call the time period when the city-states were growing successfully? | The Age of Expansion
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| Name the two governing bodies of Athenian Democracy? | Council of 500
Citizens Assembly
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| Name 2 reasons why the Mycenaean monarchies ended | - Trade routes close due to fighting in Asia Minor
- lack of raw metals to make weapons
- Mycenaean cities fighting each other
-Dorians invaded
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| Most crimes under his leadership were punishable by death | Draco
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| What form of government did one person have power, typically gained through birth? | Monarchy
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| Typically, which social class finically supported a tyrant’s takeover because they were hoping for more power? | Middle Class (wealthy people like merchants who were not aristocrats)
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| Which part of Athenian Democracy was responsible for writing new laws? | Council of 500
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| He set up the People’s Court in Athens | Solon
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| What was the name of the process by which an Athenian citizen could be banned from government service through a special vote? | Ostracism
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| He reorganized membership and population count in Athens | Cleisthenes
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| Which social class was allowed to vote but typically did not because they were unable to leave their job? | Low/Poor Class (farmers)
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| Which group is credited with starting the Dark Age of Greece? | Dorians
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| Which part of Athenian Democracy had citizens selected randomly ever year? | Council of 500
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| Who was considered the last tyrant in Greek government? | Hippias
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| What type of democracy did they create in Athens? | Direct Democracy
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| Specifically, where did the Citizens’ Assembly meet to vote? | Acropolis
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| He was responsible for first writing down the laws in Athens | Draco
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| He created the Council of 500 | Cleisthenes
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| Of all the city-states that we have studied so far, which one had the most successful oligarchy | Sparta
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| Which group is considered the “main governing body” in Athens? | Citizens’ Assembly
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| Name the location that is considered the government and religious center in Athens | Acropolis
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| What type of democracy do we have the in the U.S. today? | Representative Democracy
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| Which form of government had the ruling power in the hands of a few aristocrats? | Oligarchy
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| In Athenian democracy, who’s job was it to communicate and enforce new laws/policies? | Strategoi
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| Which form of government comes from the Greek word meaning “usurper with supreme power?” | Tyranny
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| What were 2 responsibilities of a magistrate? | Create laws, enforce laws, judge those who broke laws
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| Name 2 of the prerequisites to be considered a citizen of Athens. | Male, over 18, born in Athens, father had to be a citizen, mother’s father had to be a citizen
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| What was the title given to Athenian political leaders who acquired their positions because of birth? | Magistrates
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