Classical Heritage- Ch 1

Which Statement identifies an essential influence of ancient Greece on the founders of the American constitutional republic?

• The founders adopted democratic principles

• The founders based their ideas on ethical ideas of justice.

• The founders established a representative form of government.

• The founders created a government with a separation of powers.

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In Ancient Athens, all adult male citizens could vote in the Assembly, the legislative body that decided on important issues facing the polis (city). What did this practice illustrate?

• The separation of powers

• representative government

• the rise of democratic principles

• the protection of individual rights

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Which characteristic did the government of the city-state of Athens in ancient Greece share with the government of Rome?

• Republicanism

• Civic Participation

• Separation of Powers

• representative government

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Use the quote below from Pericles, the leader of ancient Athens, 430 B.C. to answer the following question.

Our government does not copy the laws of our neighbors. Instead, it serves as an example to them. We are called a democracy because our government is in the hands of the many and not the few…

How did the idea mentioned in this quote influence the founder's of America’s constitutional republic? 

• The creation of a system of checks and balances

• They gave political power to an all-powerful ruler

• They created a system of elected representatives

• They placed the power of the government in the hands of ordinary citizens

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The principle of separation of powers _______ government power in ancient Rome.

• 
    divided

• combined

• weakened

•   strengthened

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The principle of _______ meant that all of Rome’s citizens would be treated equally.

• 
    representative democracy

• checks and balances

   

•     rule of law

•      civic participation

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Which is an influence both Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome had on the American

government?

• 
  a polis

• civic participation

• a written constitution

• separation of powers

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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

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The United States uses a

• Direct Democracy

• Representative Democracy

• Monarchy

• Tyranny

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We elect representatives and officials to govern us.

• Rule of Law
• Direct Democracy
• Republicanism
• Civic participation

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