The Legacy of Ancient Greece and Rome

This was the aristocratic body in ancient Roman Republic that supervised government affairs.

• patricians

• Senate

• consuls

• Tribunes

In which form of government is rule hereditary?

• Tyranu

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

Example: Ancient Greece; citizens gathered to make decisions for their city-states and voted directly on issues.

• Monarchy

• Republic

• Totalitarian

• Direct Democracy

Ruler, king/queen/emperor/empress, etc.), inherits power.  Rules by divine right- given power to rule by God.

• Theocracy
• Democracy
• Republic
• Monarchy

The U.S. government can be described today as...

• an oligarchy

• a democratic republic

• a monarchy

• a direct democracy

When the central government is run by a small group of people who all have similar beliefs on how to control the nation.

• Autocracy

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Parliamentary

Roman Law helped form the basis of legal systems today

• True

• False

What government would work best if you wanted your children to remain in control?

• democracy

• monarchy

• oligarcy

• tyranny

_________ is the birthplace of democracy

• Greece
• Rome

In addition to their own developments, the Romans borrowed many ideas from the and the 

• Chinese

• Greeks

• Egyptians

• Mesopotamians