L 26 Study Guide And Vocab

Question 1

A m,ember of the most powerful class in Ancient Greek society

Answer 1

Aristocrat

Question 2

A group of citizens, in an Ancient Greek democracy, with the power to pass laws

Answer 2

Assembly

Question 3

Citizen

Answer 3

A person who has certain rights and duties in a city-state or nation

Question 4

democracya government in which power is held by the people, who exercise power directly or through elected representatives

Answer 4

Democracy

Question 5

To act in a way that is unfriendly and angry toward a particular person or object

Answer 5

Hostile

Question 6

To knowingly not pay attention to something or someone

Answer 6

Ignored

Question 7

To put a decision or plan into affect

Answer 7

Implemented

Question 8

Firmly and repeatedly starting a point of view

Answer 8

Insisted

Question 9

.a government in which the ruling power is in the hands of one person

Answer 9

Monarchy

Question 10

A government in which the ruling power is in the hands of a few people

Answer 10

Oligarchy

Question 11

To have to do something based on

Answer 11

Required

Question 12

To act or decide in a way that is the opposite of what has been established

Answer 12

Reversed

Question 13

Government in which absolute ruling power is held by a person who is not a lawful king

Answer 13

Tyranny

Question 14

Under the rule of the oligarchs, what happened to most of the poor people

Answer 14

The poor became poorer

Question 15

What was the same throughout the Greek City- states

Answer 15

Language was the same

Question 16

Ancient Greece communities are called

Answer 16

City-states

Question 17

The lawmaking group in Athens was called the _____ and all ______ could vote in it

Answer 17

Assembly and freeman citizens

Question 18

In time of war the king relied on the ______ for money to raise and supply an army

Answer 18

Aristocrats

Question 19

In a monarchy the king has what type of power.

Answer 19

Absolute power

Question 20

What idea that is important today came from ancient Athens

Answer 20

People should rule themselves

Question 21

How was Ancient Greek democracy different from democracy in the United States today

Answer 21

They voted directly on all issues

Question 22

9. How was democracy in Athens different from other ancient forms of government?

Answer 22

Everyone shared power

Question 23

Why were some tyrants well liked

Answer 23

They gave the people more rights

Question 24

11. What time did many city-states come under the rule of tyrants?

Answer 24

Mid 600s

Question 25

In a tyranny , what allowed the leader to rule

Answer 25

Force

Question 26

13. Who would have said these words (I was in the army when people began to complain about members of the government getting richer while everybody else was getting poorer. So I stepped forward, and with the people’s help, I became a leader.)

Answer 26

Army leaders/ tyrants

Question 27

14. Oligarchs were thrown out of power by a partnership between

Answer 27

Army leaders/ poor people

Question 28

15. What kinds of laws did the oligarchs pass?

Answer 28

Laws to make them money

Question 29

What might an oligarch do on an ordinary day?

Answer 29

Hunting , chariot races , night party

Question 30

17. Which word in English comes from a Greek word meaning “few”?

Answer 30

Oligarchs

Question 31

18. What happened to the king’s advisers after the king lost power?

Answer 31

New rule group- oligarchs

Question 32

Who belonged to the councils of aristocrats?

Answer 32

Wealthy men

Question 33

20. How did most kings in Ancient Greece come to power?

Answer 33

Inherited

Question 34

22. Which form of government in a Greek city-state usually came first?

Answer 34

Monarchy

Question 35

21 How was it possible that different parts of Greece had different forms of government?

Answer 35

Step mountains separated them