Ch 5 Ancient Greece:The City-State and Democracy

Ancient Greece:

The City-State and Democracy

Chapter 5

The Rise of City-States

• Greece's geography was divided into small regions.

• A city-state is made up of a city and its surrounding lands.

• In Greek, the name for city-states was known as "polis".

Multiple Choice

What is a city-state?

• Murrieta and California together

• the city and its surrounding lands

Greek City-States

• Most city-states were small.

• People who lived there formed a close community.

• Athens and Sparta had the largest city-state.

Multiple Choice

How was Greece organized politically?

• separate city-states

• one big city-state

Layout of the City

• The center of city life was the agora.

• It was an open space or open air market where people came for business and public gatherings.

• Festivals and athletic contests were also held in the agora.

• Statues, temples and other public buildings were in and around the agora.

• Men came to the agora to discuss politics.

Multiple Select

What was the role of the agora in a Greek city?

Select 2.

• It was the center of city life.

• It was for public activities.

• It was only for women.

Acropolis

• An acropolis was a fortified hilltop.

• At first, it was used as a military defense.

• Later, temples and palaces were built on the acropolis.

• Regular houses were build at the base of the hill.

Forms of Government

• Each city-state was independent.

• As a result, each had a form of government that worked best for them.

• Some kept the same political system for a long time, some changed to one system to another.

Multiple Select

What different political systems evolved in the city-states of Greece?

Select 3.

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• ruled by Tyrant

• Burgerarchy

Monarchs and Aristocracy

• A monarch is a king or queen who has absolute power.

• Most Greek city-states started with a monarchy, but changed over time.

• The Aristocracy is the upper class or nobility.

• They rule because of their inherited social class.

• Most city-states changed to an aristocracy over time.

Oligarchy (AHL ih ghar kee)

• An oligarchy means ruled by the few.

• They rule because of their wealth and land ownership.

• It's similar to an aristocracy because a small group controls the government.

  
  

Multiple Choice

How were oligarchy and aristocracy similar?

• both had only one person in control of the government

• both had a few wealthy people in control of the government

Tyrants

• A tyrant was a person who took power in an illegal way.

• To Greeks, a tyrant was like a king without royal birth.

• They used the "anger" of the poor and asked them to support him in becoming a leader.

• Some tyrants helped the poor.

• Tyrants played an important role in the development of "rule by the people". They showed that if they united, they could gain power and make changes.

• Today, tyrant means "cruel leader".

Representative Democracy

• One of Greece's major legacies was the idea of citizenship.

• Because people in the lower classes began to demand power, Solon and Cleisthenes made reforms to change representative democracy.

• They gave more people more power and that led to an early form of democracy.

• Only free adult males could take part in government.

• Women, slaves and foreigners were not allowed.

Direct Democracy

• A democracy in which the citizens make political decisions.

• Athens is often called the birthplace of democracy.

• Direct democracy: all citizens meet to decide laws.

• Indirect democracy: people elect representitives to make laws.

Multiple Choice

How did reformers change the government in Athens?

• They enacted laws that gave

  more power to citizens.

• They restricted laws only for the aristocracy.

Multiple Select

What problems could arise when some people are excluded

from taking part in government?

Select 3.

• dissatisfaction

• poverty

• rebellion

• ran out of burgers

Multiple Choice

What type of democracy does The United States practice?

• Direct Democracy

• Representative Democracy

Match

Match the vocabulary word to the best definition.

• peninsula

• colony

• polis

• tyrant

• oligarchy

body of land with water on 3 sides

settlement in a new territory

a Greek city-state

person who seizes power & rules

harshly

a few wealthy people ruling over people

• body of land with water on 3 sides

• settlement in a new territory

• a Greek city-state

• person who seizes power & rules

  harshly

• a few wealthy people ruling over people

Match

Match the word to the best definition.

• satrapies

• helots

• direct democracy

• representative

  democracy

• philosopher

territories governed by a satrap

ensalved laborers

all citizens participate

in decisions

elected officials to govern for people

searches for wisdom and enlightenment

• territories governed by a satrap

• ensalved laborers

• all citizens participate

  in decisions

• elected officials to govern for people

• searches for wisdom and enlightenment

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is considered one of the greatest achievements of Ancient​

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.

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democracy

Greece

monarchy, Rome

feudalism, Egypt

socialism, Persia

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was considered the founder of the Persian ​

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Cyrus

Empire

Party

Solon

Land

Wall

Plato

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​

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put more emphasis on ​

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education for its citizens.

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Sparta

military

Athens

political

Shivela

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Reorder the following.

In alphabetical order, who were the Greek philosophers?

• Aristotle

• Plato

• Socrates

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