Ancient Greece Government

Ancient Greece Vocabulary - Gov't/Athens/Sparta

Unit 5: Lessons 3 & 4

Multiple Choice

How could citizens with little money participate in government?

• Serve on juries

• Run for elective office

• Pay a reduced fee to vote

Multiple Choice

An upper class made up of members of the nobility

• Monarchy

• Aristocracy

• Democracy

• Tyranny

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To rebel against the government

• react

• revolt

• reply

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The marketplace in ancient Athens where people gathered

• Agora

• Aristocracy

• Archer

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A government ruled by a small group of powerful people

• Aristocracy

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

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A government ruled by its citizens

• Democracy

• Tyranny

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

Multiple Choice

Athens had a government where people voted on laws and rules. This is a

• Representative Democracy

• Direct Democracy

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A member of a social class of people in ancient Athens who were free but were not citizens

• Helot

• Archer

• Infantry

• Metic

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A government ruled by a person who has inherited that authority

• Aristorcracy

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

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Soldiers trained to fight on foot

• Cavalry

• Archers

• Infantry

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A method of removing someone from the state by vote and without trial

• Ostracism

• Oligarchy

• Olive Trees

• Olympus

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A city-state in ancient Greece

• Peninsula

• Acropolis

• Agora

• Polis

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A farm worker of ancient Sparta who had few rights or freedoms

• Helot

• Archer

• Metic

• Infantry

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A government in which the ruler took power by force

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

• Tyranny

• Aristocracy

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Members of an army who ride on horses

• Metic

• Helot

• Infantry

• Cavalry

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A person who uses a bow and arrows

• Calvary

• Infantry

• Archer

• Helot

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GEOGRAPHY: How did the geography of ancient Greece affect its political organization?

• The seas helped communities to unite and form a single empire.

• The mountains caused isolated communities to form separate governments.

Multiple Choice

Which Athenian leader created social classes based on wealth instead of birth?

• King Leonidas

• Solon

• Cleisthenes

Multiple Choice

How did the government of ancient Athens change over time?

• More people gained a voice in the government.

• Aristocrats took over the government.

• Voting became organized by social class.