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Rise of Democracy in Ancient Greece
Rise of Democracy in Ancient Greece
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Review and check your understanding of the concepts in chapter 26!
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The oligarchs passed laws favoring the...
priests
farmers
rich
poor
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definition of ARISTOCRAT
a farmer
a noble; a member of the most powerful social class
a French cat
a person with absolute ruling power
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The tyrants often improved the lives of the poor.
True
False
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definition of CITIZEN
A person with duties in a city-state or country
A person with rights in a city-state or country
A person with rights and duties in a city-state or country
A person who was born in a certain place
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citizens elect a group of people to vote for them
direct democracy
oligarchy
autocracy
representative democracy/republic
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The tyrants lost power because they...
made promises they didn't keep.
became too controlling and cruel.
helped aristocrat.
didn't please the gods.
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correct order of government transitions in ancient Athens
monarchy, tyranny, oligarchy, democracy
oligarchy, monarchy, tyranny, democracy
monarchy, oligarchy, tyranny, democracy
democracy, tyranny, oligarchy, monarchy
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Which was *NOT* a duty of Athenian citizens?
share opinion by speaking in Assembly
collect taxes
vote on laws and proposals to go to war
run the city-state's day-to-day business
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language, religion
Puppies
Differences among Greek city-states
Similarities among Greek city-states
10
Which is an advantage of Athens' direct democracy?
women and slaves had no say
often people were unhappy with decisions
it included many more people's voices than ever before
the process of debating and voting took forever
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their power increased over time until they overthrew the monarchy
army
priests
Council of Aristocrats
Council of 500
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What problem caused the army to overthrow the oligarchs?
Taxes were too high
Food shortages
Rich became richer, poor became poorer
Climate change
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Who were the tyrants?
aristocrats
military leaders
citizens
peasants
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Greek city-states were joined together as one unified country
True
False
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laws, army, money
similarities among Greek city-states
differences among Greek city-states
kittens
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Democracy in Athens was power by the...
citizens (free men; no slaves, women, or kids)
the rich
peasants and priests
the people
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citizens come together to vote on every issue
republic
direct democracy
representative democracy
democracy
