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08 Ancient Greece - L2 - Glory of Athens

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 9mins

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.

What Greece city is the birthplace of democracy?

a)

Olympia

b)

Athens

c)

Sparta

d)

Persia

5.

The highest social class that had power

a)

elitists

b)

high class

c)

noblemen

d)

aristocrats

6.

Who created very harsh laws in Athens?

a)

Solon

b)

Draco

c)

Peisistratus

d)

Cleisthenes

7.

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

a)

slaves

b)

tyrants

c)

citizens

d)

students

8.

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

a)

citizens

b)

democrats

c)

republicans

d)

oligarchians

9.

Who is known as the father of democracy?

a)

Cleisthenes

b)

Pericles

c)

Solon

d)

Sargon

10.

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

11.

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

a)

Peisistratus

b)

Pericles

c)

Cleisthenes

d)

Draco

12.

Who ruled in early Athens?

a)

Pharaohs

b)

Priests

c)

Kings

d)

Presidents

13.

What type of government was Ancient Athens?

a)

Monarchy.

b)

representative democracy.

c)

direct democracy.

d)

dictatorship.

14.
In Athens, who could vote?
a)
Foreigners
b)
Citizen Adult Males
c)
Citizen Adult Females
d)
Everybody
15.

Who was the tyrant that overthrow the oligarchy and became ruler of a Athens

a)

Solon

b)

Draco

c)

Pesistratus

d)

Cleisthenes

16.

The Greeks created a __________ in which laws where written

a)

Rosetta Stone

b)

constitution

c)

bible

d)

the Analects

17.

Athens was conquered by the ________, and fell under their influence

a)

Hebrews

b)

Macedonians

c)

Persions

d)

Egyptians

18.

Greek tyrants encouraged the development of a common currency to make trade easier so __________ coins were minted.

a)

Gold

b)

Copper

c)

Silver

d)

Bronze

19.

This city-state also became dominant by the help of minting its own coins.

a)

Pericles

b)

Corinth

c)

Draco

d)

Solon

20.

The number of people who voted in the assembly changed from day to day. For major decisions, however, the assembly needed about ___________ people to vote.

a)

100

b)

600

c)

6000

d)

1000