RISE OF DEMOCRACY

The first form of government used in Ancient Greece was a

• Democracy

• Tyranny

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

The reason for many forms of governments throughout the city-states was

• Different languages

• Mountainous terrain

• Different kings

• Too many rivers to cross

The ARISTOCRATS belonged to which group

• Freed slaves

• Wealthy women

• Land owning men

• Merchant sailors

Who had the power in an Athenian Democracy?

• Slaves

• Women

• All citizens

• All men

The main difference between a Greek democracy and ours is that

• Greece used Direct Democracy

• Greece Used Representative Democracy

• Greece was a dictatorship

• Greeks let all people vote on issues

The United States uses a

• Direct Democracy

• Representative Democracy

• Monarchy

• Tyranny

What idea that is important today came from ancient Athens?

• Nobody should be a slave

• People should rule themselves

• Men and women should be equal

• Leaders should be wise and good

The lawmaking group in Athens was called

• Assembly

• Congress

• Parliament

• People

Greek city-states remained isolated from each other because of mountains. What does ISOLATED mean?

• Together

• close

• separate

• near

Who was not able to participate in the assembly?

• non-Athenian males

• females

• slaves

• all of the above