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Ancient Athens Review

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Ancient Athens featured which form of government?

a)

Monarchy

b)

Theocracy

c)

Direct Democracy

d)

Representative Democracy

2.

Which of the following people would qualify as a citizen in Athens?

a)

Women

b)

Someone not born in Athens

c)

slaves

d)

man who was born in Athens and parents were born in Athens

3.

Approximately which percentage of the population qualified as citizens?

a)

50%

b)

10%

c)

25%

d)

100%

4.

How long did a leader serve for in Athens?

a)

Approximately 1 month

b)

Approximately 1 year

c)

Approximately 5 years

d)

for life

5.

How were members of a jury or leaders in Athens selected?

a)

by a vote

b)

by the King

c)

by random selection (claritarion)

6.

Was Athens an effective democracy in your opinion?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Not Sure

d)

Not a Democracy because so few people had actual political power

7.

Which philosopher criticized Athen's democracy system and was put to death for this criticism.

a)

Plato

b)

Socrates

c)

Pythagorus

d)

Locke

8.

This occurs when everyone agrees on a topic so that they do not stick out or seem to go against the crowd/majority.

a)

Groupthink

b)

Democracy

c)

Jury trial

d)

Monarchy