Civics Democracy Review

The first form of government used in Ancient Greece was a

• Democracy

• Tyranny

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

Who had the power in an Athenian Democracy?

• Slaves

• Women

• All citizens

• All men

The main difference between a Greek democracy and ours is that

• Greece used Direct Democracy

• Greece Used Representative Democracy

• Greece was a dictatorship

• Greeks let all people vote on issues

The United States uses a

• Direct Democracy

• Representative Democracy

• Monarchy

• Tyranny

What idea that is important today came from ancient Athens?

• Nobody should be a slave

• People should rule themselves

• Men and women should be equal

• Leaders should be wise and good

The lawmaking group in Athens was called

• Assembly

• Congress

• Parliament

• People

Greek city-states remained isolated from each other because of mountains. What does ISOLATED mean?

• Together

• close

• separate

• near

Who was not able to participate in the assembly?

• non-Athenian males

• females

• slaves

• all of the above

One shared characteristic of Greece was that everyone

• Made a pilgrimage to Mt. Olympus

• Traded with the same countries

• had the same government

• spoke the same language

True or False: The principles of Greek democracy influence the structure and function of modern democratic governments like the US.

• True

• False