Athens and Sparta Terms

A tyrant who made improvements to Athens, replaced oligarchy with tyranny in 546 BC

• Peisistratus

• Solon

• Draco

• Pericles

An aristocrat from Athens who took away harsh laws

• Solon

• Draco

• Pericles

• Cleisthenes

An aristocrat who created harsh laws to punish Athens

• Draco

• Pericles

• Cleisthenes

• Lycurgus

Great Athenian statesman, paid citizens to serve on juries, worked on making Athens beautiful

• Pericles

• Cleisthenes

• Lycurgus

• Peisistratus

Father of Democracy, created the Assembly

• Cleisthenes

• Lycurgus

• Peisistratus

• Solon

King of Sparta who created military society after a slave revolt by increasing military support

• Lycurgus

• Peisistratus

• Solon

• Draco

Direct Democracy

• All citizens vote on every issue

• Citizens elect people to make decisions for them

• Rule by one through use of force

• Rule by a few

Representative Democracy

• All citizen vote on every issue

• Citizens elect people to make decisions for them

• Rule by one through use of force

• Rule by a few

Tyranny

• All citizens vote on every issue

• Citizens elect people to make decisions for them

• Rule by one through use of force

• Rule by a few

Oligarchy

• All citizens vote on every issue

• Citizens elect people to make decisions for them

• Rule by one through use of force

• Rule by a few