7-3: The City-State and Democracy

In Greek, the word for city-state was

• civitas
• barracks
• democracy
• polis

The upper class in Greece was called the

• aristocracy
• monarchy
• oligarchy
• tyranny

A government ruled by a few people is a(n)

• dictatorship
• democracy
• monarchy
• oligarchy

Someone who took power in an illegal way was a(n)

• aristocrat
• oligarch
• senator
• tyrant

Solon helped prevent a revolt by making a law that no citizen could

• become king
• earn more money than any other citizen
• be enslaved for debt
• leave Athens

The only Greeks who had the right to take part in ruling a city-state were

• citizens
• helots
• slaves
• tyrants

A government in which a majority of the citizens make the decisions is a(n)

• aristocracy
• democracy
• monarchy
• oligarchy

When someone was ostracized, they had to

• leave for ten years
• leave forever
• pay a fine
• go to jail

The Council of 500 was made up of

• the 500 richest Athenians
• the 500 oldest Athenians
• the 500 wisest Athenians
• 500 citizens chosen at random

Women, enslaved people, and people who had moved to Athens from other places could not

• wear shoes
• take part in government
• become doctors
• purchase property