The Rise of Democracy

The Rise of Democracy

Unit 5: Ancient Greece

Today's Objective

What elements of ancient Greek political systems were democratic?

Anchor Question

​Which aspect of Greek culture has influenced modern society the most: government, philosophy, math, science, architecture, art, religion, athletics, or literature?

Multiple Select

Which of the following are NOT true regarding a monarchy? Select all that apply. There are multiple answers.

• Kings made laws, acted as judges,

  conducted religious ceremonies, and

  led armies

• The ruling power is in the hands of a few people

• Aristocrats advised the king

• A king was always chosen by the people of a city-state

Multiple Select

Which of the following are true regarding an oligarchy? Select all that apply. There are multiple answers.

• Oligarchs always focused on the needs of the majority of the people

• A few people rule

• Most Greek oligarchs were rich men who had inherited land from their families

• A king was completely in charge

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT true of a tyrant?

• A tyrant is another name for a dictator

• Many Greek tyrants were good rulers

• A tyrant's son usually inherits his father's power

• Tyrants forced the oligarchs from power

Multiple Choice

A democratic system is a government in which

• everyone is a citizen.

• all citizens share power.

• everyone makes the laws.

• all members of society are equal.

Multiple Choice

The political system of ancient Athens was a direct democracy where all citizens had the right to vote. Citizenship, however, was limited to free men over the age of 18. Which of the following can be inferred from this information?

• Every citizen in ancient Athens held at least one public office during his adult years.

• The highest positions in the government were occupied by older men who owned property.

• The ancient Athenian political system was actually an oligarchy that is often mistakenly called a democracy.

• A new law could be passed with the approval of only a small percentage of the Athenian population.

Multiple Choice

Which statement describes a similarity between the democratic system of ancient Athens and the system in place in the United States when the Constitution was written? In both places...

• women had the same political rights as men.

• voting rights were limited to a small group of people.

• all citizens could be chosen by lottery to propose new laws.

• the council (in ancient Greece) or Congress (in the United States) passed laws.

Poll

Which form of government is more effective?

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Tyranny

• Democracy

Open Ended

To what extent were ancient Greek political systems democratic?

Sentence Stem: Ancient Greek political systems were/were not democratic because ___.