People of Ancient Greece

Leader of Greece in 622 BC

• Dracos

• Darius

• Pericles

• Socrates

Who was King Darius?

• King of Persia when the Persian War started

• Father of Xerxes

• First to write a constitution for Greece

• A scientist

Who wrote Greece's first constitution?

• Solon the Lawgiver

• Dracos

• Cleisthenese

• Darius

Why was Greece's first constitution so important?

• No one knew what the laws were before then

• Everyone in Greece could read by then

• Before this constitution, laws weren't written down

• Everyone in Greece was breaking the law

What was wrong with Draco's constitution?

• Had harsh punishments

• Farmers began losing their land to rich money lenders

• People were selling themselves into slavery to pay off debts

• Nothing. It was brilliant!

When was Solon the Lawgiver Greece's leader?

• 300 BC

• 622 BC

• 594 BC

• 594 AD

How did Solon the Lawgiver help the people?

• Gave land back to those who had to sell it off to pay debts

• Freed those who had sold themselves into slavery to pay off debts

• Forbade people from selling themselves into slavery to pay off debt

• Opened government to all people, including the poor

What was wrong with Solon the Lawgiver's reforms?

• The aristocracy kept the highest positions in government

• Without those slaves, farmers couldn't pick crops

• Money lenders lost money once Solon gave back the land to the borrowers

Who ruled Greece in 300 BC?

• Dracos

• Solon the Lawgiver

• Cleisthenese

• Darius

What did Cleisthenese write?

• The first Christmas card.

• A letter to his grandmother

• A new constitution

• A best selling book on Greece.