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A test of knowledge of #ancientgreekdemocracy
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When a government is taken over by force (unlawfully)
Democracy
Dictatorship
Monarchy
Oligarchy
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Who is considered the founder of Athenian democracy?
Socrates
Peisistratus
Cleisthenes
Solon
3
When a government is ruled by a few.
Tyranny
Democracy
Monarchy
Oligarchy
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Why do you think Athenians met outside on a hill to conduct government?
so everyone had room to park their wagons
so everyone could get tanned
their government building was not finished
so everyone could fit
5
When every citizen gets to vote on every issue, this is called a(n)...
representative democracy
direct democracy
indirect democracy
direct dictatorship
6
Ancient Greece is considered...
Unimportant
A collection of city-states
An empire
A country
7
The US is not a direct democracy because
it's too small
it's too expensive
it's too expensive
it's too big
8
True or False: Athens is still a city today
False
True
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In Athens, who were citizens?
Free women
Free men
Male slaves
foreigners
10
Demos and Kratia are Greek words. If demos mean people, than kratia means
rule of
religion
citizen
Santa
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Rich landowners are called...
Metics
Slaves
Aristocrats
Free men
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Who worked really hard to encourage democracy?
Sophocles
Achilles
Pericles
Hercules
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What ended democracy in Ancient Athens?
the rise of the aristocrats
the Macedonian kings
the plague of Athens
The eruption of a volcano
