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Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
For what is Draco famous?
Establishing the first written laws in Athens.
Writing poetry.
Winning the wrestling competition at the Olympic Games five times.
Killing the tyrant Hipparchus.
The wealthiest class - men who were able to produce 500 bushels per year.
Pentacosiomedimni
Thetes
Hippeis
Zeugitae
The second wealthiest class - men who could afford to keep horses and serve in the cavalry.
Pentacosiomedimni
Thetes
Hippeis
Zeugitae
The third highest class - men who could afford the armour to serve as hoplites in the army.
Pentacosiomedimni
Thetes
Hippeis
Zeugitae
The poorest class.
Pentacosiomedimni
Thetes
Hippeis
Zeugitae
Which of the following were part of Solon's reforms?
Expanding the number of people with a say in the political system.
Releasing the poor from their debts.
Restricting the goods that could be traded.
All of the above.
Which of the following was not an event of the Athenian revolution? Select one or more.
Athens declares war on Sparta.
When vying for power with Isagoras, Cleisthenes becomes a champion for the common people.
Isagoras invites a Spartan army into Athens, expels Cleisthenes and his supporters and attempts to set up an oligarchy.
A popular uprising forces Isagoras and the Spartans out of Athens.
Cleisthenes reforms the Athenian system, establishing Athens as a democracy.
What was not a key democratic reforms instituted under Cleisthenes? Select one or more.
Creating new tribes as the basis for many political structures which mixed together people from the city, hills and shore.
Allowing a larger proportion of the population to serve on the boule (council).
Giving all citizens the right to vote for representatives to make laws.
Putting decisions into the hands of the ecclesia (assembly).
A council originally holding a number of powers which were later reduced to conducting trials for significant crimes.
Boule
Areopagus
Ecclesia
The council of 500 men which supported the ecclesia.
Boule
Areopagus
Ecclesia
Which of the following goods did the Athenians export in the fifth century BCE? Select one.
Timber
Apples
Ceramics
Olive oil
Which of these roles did slaves not perform in the Athenian economy? Select one or more.
Purchasing goods on behalf of their masters.
Working as shopkeepers.
Working alongside their masters in manufacturing and crafts.
Working in mines.
Who was the first Peisistratid tyrant?
Hippias
Hipparchos
Peisistratus
Harmodius
Which tyrant was assassinated by Aristogeiton and his lover?
Hippias
Hipparchos
Peisistratus
Harmodius
Hippias was expelled in what conflict?
The Persian Wars
The Peloponnesian War
The Argive War
The Athenian Revolution
