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5th century BC Athens - SOCIAL STRUCTURE

Authored by Renee Larkin

History

12th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which social group enjoyed the highest status in 5th century Athens?

metics

male citizens

female citizens

slaves

2.

DRAG AND DROP QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The right of citizenship went hand in hand with the ​ (a)   to serve in the army, although ​ (b)   service was regarded as a ​ (c)   rather than a duty throughout the ​ (d)   world.

requirement
military
privilege
Greek

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Metics could initiate any type of lawsuit and serve as a juror in a law-court.

True

False

Answer explanation

Athenian citizens could initiate any type of lawsuit and serve as a juror in a law-court.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was born with egktēsis or the right to own land?

metoikion

xenos

dēmos

politēs

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Athenian dēmos (‘people’) believed that they shared the polis (‘city-state’) because they were direct descendants of Attica’s indigenous population.

True

False

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Any foreigner who lived in Athens for more than a six months became a metic.

True

False

Answer explanation

Any foreigner who lived in Athens for more than a month became a metic.

Reference: D. M. Pritchard 2020 (in press). ‘The social structure of democratic Athens’, in Morte e Vida na Grécia Antiga: Olhares interdisciplinares, eds. M. A. de Oliveira Silva and C. D. de Souza. Teresina (Editora da UFPI).

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Metics could only ever be renters… they had no right to be a magistrate or councillor and to be part of an assembly-meeting or a jury.

True

False

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