Grade 5 Social Studies: Governments of the Past

Front

What do different types of government systems reflect?

Back

The values and beliefs of the societies that created them

Front

What is the purpose of government?

Back

To create systems that manage the rights and liberties of individuals

Front

What type of government did Athens create after Sparta removed the leader of the city?

Back

Democracy

Front

In a democracy, who can exercise authority?

Back

The people, directly or through elected representatives

Front

What form of government is described as a democracy in which citizens are represented by elected officials who participate in governing bodies?

Back

Republic

Front

Only patrician men (upper class of Roman society) could vote and be elected to the Senate as ________. Options: consuls, plebeians, tribunes, dictators

Back

consuls

Front

Who were the working class in the Roman Republic?

Back

Plebeians

Front

What was the role of the Praetor in the Roman Republic?

Back

Judge (to judge law-breakers)

Front

What is a dictatorship in the context of the Roman Republic?

Back

One person or group has almost unlimited government power

Front

Which tribes made up the Iroquois Confederacy?

Back

Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk, & Tuscarora