Greece Day 3 (Politics)

Question 1

Where were Greek city-states built?

Answer 1

-Coastlines for trade
-Hilltops for defense

Question 2

How were city-states governed?

Answer 2

-Autonomous to themselves
-Created their own unique culture

Question 3

Autonomous

Answer 3

Governed individually

Question 4

Acropolis

Answer 4

-Highest point in a city
-Last line of defense

Question 5

Agora

Answer 5

-Open space
-Held markets, festivals, competitions, etc.

Question 6

What was a challenge for the Greek city-states?

Answer 6

Food production

Question 7

What was the solution to the problem city-states had?

Answer 7

Colonies were built with better farmland

Question 8

How were Greek colonies ruled?

Answer 8

Self-governing but maintained strong political and economic ties with parent city-states

Question 9

What was an effect of creating colonies?

Answer 9

Hellenistic culture spread

Question 10

Monarchy

Answer 10

-rule of one
-hereditary
-king/queen
-not common in Ancient Greece

Question 11

Oligarchy

Answer 11

-rule of the few
-small group

Question 12

Aristocracy

Answer 12

Oligarchy with rich people
-Regular people have no rights

Question 13

Tyranny

Answer 13

-government uses force to rule
-not the same as tyrannies today

Question 14

Democracy

Answer 14

-rule of the many
-people rule themselves

Question 15

Types of Democracy (no definitions)

Answer 15

-Direct democracy
-Representative democracy
-Constitutional democracy

Question 16

Direct democracy

Answer 16

-all citizens vote on everything
-used in Ancient Greece

Question 17

Representative democracy

Answer 17

citizens elect leaders to represent them in government

Question 18

Constitutional democracy

Answer 18

powers of majority are within a representative democracy, but power of minority is specifically protected

Question 19

Solon

Answer 19

-Athenian politician who attempted to reform Athenian society
-Seen as founder of Athenian democracy
-Gave citizens more political power

Question 20

What policies did Solon put in place?

Answer 20

-eliminated debt
-wealthier you were, more expected from you
-anyone could sue anyone

Question 21

Cleisthenes

Answer 21

leader who motivated people to overthrow aristocracy

Question 22

The Assembly

Answer 22

-main democratic body (males only)
-held debates and votes every month; these were required

Question 23

The Boulé

Answer 23

-small group chosen at random (like war draft or jury duty)
-job was to sort through topics that would be discussed at the Assembly

Question 24

Courts (Dikastenia)

Answer 24

-6,000 jurors/magistrates chosen randomly
-could challenge decisions made by the Assembly