Modern World History: Chapter 1: Democracy Develops

Pericles helped to strengthen democracy during his time. He helped enable poorer people to vote, which increased citizen participation in governing and making laws directly... This is known as a ______________________

• Direct Democracy

• Monarchy

• Aristocracy

• Oligarchy

Throughout history people have created ______________, which is a system for controlling society.

• Government

• Economincs

• Technology

In this form of government there is one ruler, usually a king or queen, who is in control fully.

• Direct Democracy

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Aristocracy

When a small group of nobles or aristocrats are running the government because of their name, this would make it a ______________________.

• Direct Democracy

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Aristocracy

When a small group wealthy business people are running the government because of their wealth and status, this is a ________________.

• Direct Democracy

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Aristocracy

Plato wrote a book that had this form of government as the title. It is where the citizens elect representatives to make laws and decisions for them.

• Direct Democracy

• Republic

• Aristocracy

• Autocracy

One similarity between the U.S and the Roman forms of government is that they both have a legislative branch made up of a _________________ and _________________.

• Senate and Two Assemblies

• King and people

• Lords and Knights

• College and Philosophers

One of the biggest contributions of Rome to democratic ideas was that they used _________________, like the Justinian Code.

• Written Law

• Oral Law

• Newton's Law

• No Laws

The religion that the Israelites practiced in the Old Testament and is followed still through present day.

• Judaism

• Christianity

• Mormonism

• Islam

The Written Law of the Jewish people, given to Moses by God.

• Ten Commandments

• Justinian Code

• The Eightfold Path

• Levitical Law