history part 1

What is a city that is an independent political state within its own ruling government?

• Polis

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Tyranny

What is a type of government in which one person illegally seizes power, usually ruling in a harsh and brutal way?

• Democracy

• Tyranny

• Aristocracy

• Oligarchy

What is the term for the upper or noble class whose members' status is usually inherited?

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Aristocracy

• Monarchy

What is a government controlled by a small group of people made up of aristocratic and wealthy non-aristocratic families?

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Tyranny

What is the term for a group of people in Ancient Greece where the assembly made laws?

• Polis

• Assembly

• Monarchy

• Tyranny

What is the Ancient Greek word for city-state, from which the word 'police' is derived?

• Polis

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Tyranny

What is the term for a person who is legally recognized as a member or subject of a country or state?

• Jury

• Citizen

• Rhetoric

• Logic

What does it mean to ostracize someone in ancient Athens?

• To honor them

• To send them away from the city

• To elect them

• To imprison them

What is the term for a group of people who listen to information presented during a trial in a court and make decisions about whether someone is guilty or innocent?

• Jury

• Citizen

• Assembly

• Polis

What is the skill of using words effectively in speaking or writing?

• Logic

• Rhetoric

• Corruption

• Epic Poem