The Age of Pericles

a well-educated woman who taught public speaking in Athens

• Aspasia

• Leonidus

• Suporia

a dominant figure in Athenian politics

• King Nebuchadnezzar

• Pericles

• King Darius

mass gatherings where many decide governmental matters

• representative democracy

• dictatorship

• direct democracy

Please select the word from the list that best fits the definition

a thinker who ponders the questions about life

• philosopher

• Scientist

• Scribe

• Slave

Please select the word from the list that best fits the definition

a small group makes governmental decisions on behalf of many

• Direct democracy

• representative democracy

• dictatorship

“They came to the mountain on the fifth day. . . . When the men in front reached the summit and caught sight of the sea there was great shouting. Xenophon and the rearguard heard it and thought that there were some more enemies attacking in the front. . . . Xenophon mounted his horse . . . and rode forward to give support, and, quite soon, they heard the soldiers shouting out, ‘The sea! The sea!’. . . . Then certainly they all began to run, the rearguard and all, and drove on the baggage animals and the horses at full speed; and when they had all got to the top, the soldiers, with tears in their eyes, embraced each other and their generals and captains.”

—Xenophon,

as quoted in The Discoverers

How did Xenophon interpret the sound of shouting from the summit?

• His army had seen the sea.

• His army had fallen ill.

• His army was rebelling against him

• His army was under attack.

Look at the picture. Slim and graceful Greek columns are called

• Corinthian.

• Classical.

• Doric

• Ionic.

Look at the picture. Corinthian columns have ____ at the top.

• sculptures of gods

• a leafy ornament

• simple scrolls

• elaborate scrolls

Pericles’ Funeral Oration“Our constitution is called a democracy because power is in the hands not of a minority but of the whole people. When it is a question of settling private disputes, everyone is equal before the law; When it is a question of putting one person before another in positions of public responsibility, what counts is not membership of a particular class, but the actual ability which the man possesses. No one . . . is kept [out of government] because of poverty.”

—Pericles, as recorded by Thucydides,History of the Peloponnesian War

Why did Pericles call his government a democracy?

• none of these

• Public offices were for men only.

• Power belonged to the whole people.

• Only rich people could vote.

Pericles’ Funeral Oration

“Our constitution is called a democracy because power is in the hands not of a minority but of the whole people. When it is a question of settling private disputes, everyone is equal before the law; When it is a question of putting one person before another in positions of public responsibility, what counts is not membership of a particular class, but the actual ability which the man possesses. No one . . . is kept [out of government] because of poverty.”

—Pericles, as recorded by Thucydides,

History of the Peloponnesian War

What did the Greeks use to decide who should hold public office?

• wealth

• ability

• primary elections

• class