Roman and Greek Study Guide F3

Open area in a city filled with public buildings, temples, and markets.

• Artistocracy

• Citizenship

• Forum

• Veto

A hierarchy class of rulers (rule by the best people)

• Aristocracy

• Citizenship

• Forum

• Veto

To stop or cancel the actions of a government official or

body.

• Aristocracy

• Citizenship

• Forum

• Veto

membership in a community

• Aristocracy

• Citizenship

• Forum

• Veto

Greek government contained

• originally ruled by an oligarchy

• Only free adult men were citizens

• Greek society began with the formation of the city-state

• All of the above

Roman government contained

• Originally ruled by a republic

• The Romans' women had more freedom than the women of Greece

• Had more success in creating a centralized government

• All of the above

Both Roman and Greek Governments contained

• democratic government

• most powerful democrats

• Predisposition to favor the aristocracy

• Both governments fell

• All of the above

Democracy type of government-held all the power by the population as a whole. They also

• When making laws a voting majority has almost unlimited power to make laws

• Minorities have few protections from the will of the majority as they were ruled by the majority

• Rights can be overridden by the will of the majority

• All of the above

Republics and democracies both provide a political system in which citizens are represented by elected officials who are sworn to protect their interests.

• True

• False

In the Republic government, power was held by the individual citizens and _______

• The people elect representatives to make laws according to the constraints of a constitution when making laws

• Laws made by elected representatives of the people

• A constitution protects the rights of all people from the will of the majority

• all of the above