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Lesson 2 Glory of Athens

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these is "an organization that rules over a group of people"?

a)

government

b)

culture

c)

economics

d)

history

2.

Which is "a form of government in which ONE ruler has absolute power."

a)

monarchy

b)

oligarchy

c)

democracy

d)

republic

3.

Which is "a form of government in which a small group of people (usually wealthy landowners) hold all the power"?

a)

monarchy

b)

oligarchy

c)

democracy

d)

republic

4.

Which is "a form of government in which people rule themselves"? (ALL citizens have the right to participate in the government)

a)

monarchy

b)

oligarchy

c)

democracy

d)

republic

5.

Who is "a person who takes power by force"?

a)

citizen

b)

tyrant

c)

monarchy

d)

democracy

6.

Who is "a person who has the right to participate in government"?

a)

citizen

b)

tyrant

c)

monarchy

d)

oligarchy

7.

What is a direct democracy?

a)

a democracy in which representatives vote on the issues to make laws

b)

a democracy in which there is no voting

c)

a democracy in which people debate the issues, make the laws, and directly vote on each law

d)

a democracy in which one person makes all the laws

8.

What is a representative democracy?

a)

a democracy in which people elect/choose representatives to vote on the issues and make laws

b)

a democracy in which there is no voting

c)

a democracy people debate the issues, make the laws, and vote on each of the laws

d)

a democracy in which one person makes the laws

9.

The city-state of Athens had three forms of government over several hundred years. Which one was NOT a form of government at one point?

a)

oligarchy

b)

tyranny (rule by a tyrant)

c)

democracy

d)

citizen

10.

Who was considered a citizen in ancient Athens and therefore was able to participate in the assembly and vote?

a)

free land-owning men whose parents were born in Athens

b)

women

c)

slaves

d)

people who were not from Athens originally