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Government of Ancient Athens

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do you call a type of government which people rule themselves?

a)

Monarchy

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Tyranny

d)

Democracy

2.

What type of government do only a few people have power?

a)

Monarchy

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Tyranny

d)

Democracy

3.

What type of government do leaders take power by force?

a)

Monarchy

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Tyranny

d)

Democracy

4.

In which type of government do you gain power by being born into a royal family?

a)

Monarchy

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Tyranny

d)

Democracy

5.

What Greece city is the birthplace of democracy?

a)

Olympia

b)

Athens

c)

Sparta

d)

Persia

6.

What is the name given to rich landowners?

a)

elitists

b)

high class

c)

noblemen

d)

aristocrats

7.

Who created very harsh laws in Athens?

a)

Solon

b)

Draco

c)

Peisistratus

d)

Cleisthenes

8.

Under Solon’s constitution what did all free men living in Athens become?

a)

slaves

b)

tyrants

c)

citizens

d)

students

9.

Who are people who have the right to participate in government?

a)

citizens

b)

democrats

c)

republicans

d)

oligarchians

10.

What tyrant overthrew the oligarchy and became a leader in Athens?

a)

Draco

b)

Solon

c)

Peisistratus

d)

Pericles

11.

Who is known as the father of democracy?

a)

Cleisthenes

b)

Pericles

c)

Solon

d)

Sargon

12.

About how many people did they need to vote at the assembly?

a)

12

b)

6

c)

1,000

d)

6,000

13.

What do you call a group of citizens that decide if a person is innocent or guilty in a court of law?

a)

jury

b)

deciders

c)

lawyers

d)

prosecution

14.

Who conquered Athens in 330 BC?

a)

Persians

b)

Macedonians

c)

Romans

d)

Canaanites

15.

What type of government allows all its citizens to participate directly in the government?

a)

indirect democracy

b)

elective democracy

c)

choice democracy

d)

Direct democracy

16.

What type of democracy allows the citizens to elect officials to represent them in the government?

a)

Direct Democracy

b)

Elected Democracy

c)

Representative (indirect) Democracy

d)

Choice Democracy

17.

What type of democracy was created by the founders of the United States?

a)

Representative Democracy

b)

Direct Democracy

c)

Citizen Democracy

d)

Aristocrat Democracy

18.

Under which brilliant elected leader did democracy in Athens reach its height?

a)

Peisistratus

b)

Pericles

c)

Cleisthenes

d)

Draco

19.

Who ruled in early Athens?

a)

Pharaohs

b)

Priests

c)

Kings

d)

Presidents

20.

Who was NOT allowed to participate in Ancient Athens government?

a)

Aristocrats

b)

slaves and women

c)

men

d)

priests