Ancient Greece - Power Words

Body of land with water on three sides

• peninsula
• city-states
  
• Agora
  
• phalanx

A city that governs itself and its surrounding territory

• City-State
• tyrant 
• philosophers 
• drama 

Someone who would seize power and would rule with total authority.

• philosophers
• tyrant
• Pythagoras
• Alexander The Great

All citizens meet to debate and vote on government matters.

• Representative Democracy
• Oligarchy
• Tyrant
• Direct Democracy 

All citizens meet to debate and vote on government matters.

• Representative Democracy
• Oligarchy
• Tyrant
• Direct Democracy 

A few wealthy people that hold power over the larger group of citizens.

• Representative Democracy

• Direct Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Tryant

Citizens elect a smaller group of people the group will represent the people, and make laws. This is what we have in the United States today.

• Representative Democracy
• Direct Democracy
• Oligarchy
• Tyrant 

The word democracy comes from Greek words meaning?

• rule of aristocrats.

• rule of the people.

• rule of a king.

• rule of representation.

Which characteristic of the people of ancient Greece may be explained by the geography of the country?

• a common language throughout the country

• small, independent communities

• an ability to farm in desert-like conditions

• a common religion throughout the country

Who were considered citizens in the democracy in Athens?

• all men and women

• all men

• all men born in Athens

• all men and women born in Athens