Unit 1: Foundations of Democracy Quiz #1

A government ruled by a small group of noble, land-owning families

• Republic

• Democracy

• Aristocracy

• Direct Democracy

A government ruled by a few powerful people

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Direct Democracy

• Republic

A government ruled by the people

• Republic

• Monarchy

• Autocracy

• Democracy

A form of government where the citizens rule and make laws directly rather than through representatives

• Dictatorship

• Direct Democracy

• Monarchy

• 12 Tables

A system of government in which the people choose representatives who then make laws

• Oligarchy

• Government

• Republic

• Democracy

A system for controlling society

• Democracy

• Government

• Monarchy

• Autocracy

A form of government with a monarch at the head

• Republic

• Government

• Monarchy

• Direct Democracy

An Athenian leader who made many needed reforms that ensured fairness and justice.

• Cleisthenes

• Solon

• Aristotle

• Plato

A system of government by one person with absolute power.

• Democracy

• Theocracy

• Autocracy

• Direct Democracy

An Athenian leader who is regarded to be the founder of democracy

• Solon

• Senate

• Cleisthenes

• Pericles