Part III Ancient Greece Lesson 3 and 4

About 6,000 Athenian citizens assembled every 10 days to pass __________, __________ officials, and make policy on __________ and foreign affairs.

• Elections, appoint, local

• Laws, elect, war

• Judgement, pick, war tactics

• Decisions, criticize, philosophy

Who was the most important general in Athenian government after the Persian Wars?

• Pericles

• Homer

• Themistocles

• Plato

Pericles ruled and guided Athens for more than ____ years.

• 10

• 20

• 30

• 40

Pericles did NOT ____________.

• make Athens more democratic

• appoint people based on their wealth

• consider people’s skills and abilities

• bring more ordinary people into government

What did NOT happen in Athens during the rule of Pericles?

• Athens closed borders to Persians

• New temples, monuments, and statues were built

• Athens was rebuilt and expanded

• Athens became a center of learning and the arts

Pericles called Athens "the school of Greece" because ________________.

• it became a center of knowledge

• it had the best schools

• it had the most philosophers

• it taught other city states how to govern

Philosophers are __________.

• the brightest mathematicians

• the most influential governors

• mostly useless

• thinkers who reflect on the meaning of life and search for wisdom and knowledge

Direct democracy and participation in government by all citizens was __________ in Athens.

• mandatory

• forbidden

• encouraged

• frowned upon

The Athenian population of about 285,000 consisted of the following EXCEPT ________.

• citizens

• satraps

• enslaved people

• foreigners

____________ worked as farmers, artisans, and merchants. They spent afternoons exercising at the gymnasium. In the evening, they enjoyed gatherings where they ate, drank, and discussed philosophy or politics.

• Athenian men

• Athenian nobles

• Athenian women

• Athenian slaves