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Who Created Democracy?

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which word has almost the same meaning as the word promote?

a)

consider

b)

deny

c)

help

d)

withhold

2.

What does the word principal mean?

a)

most popular

b)

most frequent

c)

most important

d)

most expensive

3.

Which word has the opposite meaning of the word withstood?

a)

challenged

b)

disputed

c)

endured

d)

surrendered

4.

What does the word foundation mean?

a)

addition

b)

basis

c)

discovery

d)

supplement

5.

Which word has the opposite meaning of the word preveded?

a)

accelerated

b)

delayed

c)

followed

d)

foreshadowed

6.

What does the word aspiring mean?

a)

planning for

b)

allowing for

c)

hoping for

d)

fearing for

7.

What doess the word speculation mean?

a)

decision or choice

b)

wonder or thought

c)

vision or perception

d)

basis or groundwork

8.

How is a democracy different from an autocracy?

a)

democracy is ruled by the people and autocracy is rules by one person

b)

democracy is ruled by one person and autocracy is ruled by the people

c)

democracy is ruled by a small group of wealthy people and autocracy is ruled by one person

d)

democracy is ruled by one person and autocracy is ruled by a small group of wealthy people

9.

Why did the oligarchy of Greece decide to make changed around 630 b.c?

a)

they wanted to help the poor

b)

they needed the poor to help make laws

c)

they wanted to give more power to the poor

d)

they knew they did not have enough people to fight the poor

10.

When the American colonists asked for ra voice in Parliment, what did King George III do?

a)

he waged war on the colonists

b)

he passed the Stamp Act

c)

he allowed them to have a seat in Parliment

d)

He took the colonists' weapons

11.

Who formed the Assembly in Greece which led to a democracy?

a)

Cleisthenes

b)

Hippias

c)

Peisistratus

d)

Solon

12.

How is the American government like the government of ancient Rome?

a)

three branches

b)

one president

c)

two branches

d)

two leaders

13.

Which word has almost the same meaning as the word restrict?

a)

confine

b)

enlarge

c)

modify

d)

release