DIVE INTO DEMOCRACY

A government that gets its power from the people, not kings or military dictators.

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• Anarchy

• Idiocracy

Documents that describe the laws and organization of a nation are called

• Democracies

• Laws

• Tyrants

• Constitutions

Democracy requires all citizens to be active in their government. This is called

• citizen

• constitutions

• civic participation

• Assembly

All of the following are requirements to be considered a citizen of Athens except.

• you were a free male,

• you were a woman

• your parents were Athenians

• 18 or older

A legislative body, or group of people who made laws is called a(an)

• Council of 500

• rule of law

• People’s Court

• Assembly

Citizens voted on laws by doing what action?

• casting a ballot in person

• raising their hands

• mailing in their ballots

• calling out in the crowds

What was the judicial system of Athens like?

• A jury of 12 people decide guilt or innocence

• a group of judges decided guilt or innocence

• the people gathered and decided guilt or innocence

• the Assembly decided guilt or innocence

How did jurors decide a winner in a court case in Athens?

• jurors voted for the winner by placing a pebble into one of two urns

• by raising their hands

• by casting a ballot

• by yelling the loudest

If citizens made the laws, then who had to follow them?

• only non-citizens

• citizens

• Only the poor

• everyone had to follow the law

The Council of 500 was the group that wrote the laws much like our Congress does today. What are some ways that it differed from our Congress today?

• Age requirements ,

• could only serve for one year

• members got paid

• all the regions were represented

• members chosen by lottery