Chapter 5, Lesson 2 b

Chapter 5, Lesson 2 b

Assigned 1/26

Athens: A Young Democracy

pages 173-175 in the text. Have your note paper and pencil ready to take notes

How did the culture in Athens differ from other Greek city-states?

 What were the differences in point of view and perspective between Athenians and Spartans?

Multiple Choice

The council members served a life term.

• false
• true

Multiple Choice

In Athens women could vote.

• false
• true

Multiple Choice

Athenians held a ____________ to choose council members because they felt an election might favor the rich.

• lottery
• election
• trial
• vote

Multiple Choice

Who created a council of 500 citizens?

• Cleisthenes
• Peisistratus
• Solon
• Athena

Multiple Choice

Who gave farmers land and loans to buy equipment, citizenship to Athenians who did not own land, and hired the poor to build temples?

• Peisistratus
• Solon
• Athena
• George

Multiple Choice

Solon ended the farmers' debts and freed those that had been enslaved.

• true
• false

Multiple Choice

When Athenians began to rebel against the nobles, they turned to ____ for leadership.

• Solon
• Sparta
• ephors
• hoplites

Multiple Choice

In Athens women were very active in business and government.

• false
• true

Multiple Choice

Athens was founded by the decendants of the

• Mycenaeans
• Dorians
• Egyptians
• Persians

Multiple Choice

Athens educated boys the same way that Sparta did.

• false
• true

Open Ended

What is a question that I didn't ask that you would put on a quiz? (Make sure you could answer the question from the text.)

Open Ended

Please List 3 facts you learned about the Athenian government, 2 things you wonder, and 1 thing that surprised you.