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Ancient Greek Government

Ancient Greek Government

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History

9th - 12th Grade

Hard

Created by

Joseph Anderson

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9 Slides • 7 Questions

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Greek and Roman Government

by Mr. Boswell & Mr. Jackson

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Greek City-States

  • There were over 1,000 city-states in ancient Greece.

  • Most of them were very small towns.

  • The most important were Athens and Sparta. These two cities were very different in many ways.

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Multiple Choice

What two city-states were the most important in ancient Greece?

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Corinth and Byzantium

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Sparta and Athens

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Corinth and Sparta

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Argos and Mycenae

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Ancient Athens

  • Athens' government was a direct democracy.

  • That means that citizens could vote on laws and choose their generals and other officials.

  • Only men older than 18 whose parents were Athenians could vote however.

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Multiple Choice

Which person could vote in the Assembly in Athens?

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A 15 year old boy born in Athens.

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A 30 year old woman born in Sparta

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A 30 year old man whose parents were born in Athens

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A 50 year old man whose parents were born in Rome.

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Democracy...it starts in Greece!

  • Athens was the very first place where people were given a say in how their government was run.

  • Today, Americans can vote in elections and choose their leaders.

  • We can thank ancient Athens for starting this idea!

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Multiple Choice

What idea about government did the United States get from ancient Athens?

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One president leads

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People have a say in laws and voting

3

Each city has a mayor

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No kings

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Ancient Sparta

  • Sparta was very different from Athens.

  • Spartans had two kings as well as several councils of leaders.

  • Citizens did not have much of a say, but women were treated more equally.

  • They also glorified war and most Spartan boys became soldiers.

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Multiple Choice

Most boys in Sparta became?

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Teachers

2

Soldiers

3

Priests

4

Used Car Salesmen

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Roman Government

  • Ancient Rome shared many ideas with ancient Greece about its leaders.

  • Early in its history, they had kings like Sparta.

  • Later, they adopt democracy like Athens.

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Roman Government

  • The Romans had a representative democracy, which means that people voted for leaders who would make the laws.

  • In Rome, they had two presidents (called consuls)

  • They also had a group of men called the Senate. (America has one too!)

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Multiple Choice

In ancient Rome, what did they call their presidents?

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Presidents

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Tribunes

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Questors

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Consuls

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Roman Republic

  • The Romans had a republic, which meant they had leaders who were chosen by the people.

  • They divided power between different jobs so nobody got too powerful and became a king.

  • Elected leaders could only serve for a year and couldn't run more than two times in a row!

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Multiple Choice

Most officials in ancient Rome could only be elected for how many years?

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one year

2

two years

3

four years

4

their whole life

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Multiple Choice

Why did the ancient Romans divide the power between different officials and limit how long they were in charge?

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Most people didn't live very long back then.

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They wanted lots of people to be in government.

3

They didn't want anyone to get too much power and become like a king.

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The Roman Empire

  • The Roman Republic did not last.

  • In 27 BC, Augustus Caesar took over as the first Roman Emperor.

  • Now the emperor ruled like a king and

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Greek and Roman Government

by Mr. Boswell & Mr. Jackson

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