L 26 Vocab And Study Guide

Question 1

A member 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

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

Answer 3

Citizen

Question 4

a 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 effect

Answer 7

Implemented

Question 8

Firmly and repeatedly stating 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 a rule or command

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 rich got richer and the poor got poorer

Question 15

What was the same throughout the Greek city-states?

Answer 15

They all spoke the same language

Question 16

What are Ancient Greek communities 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 free man

Question 18

In times of war, the king relied on the___ for money to raise and supply an army.

Answer 18

Aristocrats

Question 19

In monarchy the king has what type of power

Answer 19

Absolute

Question 20

What idea that is important today came from ancient Athens

Answer 20

People should rule themselves like a democracy

Question 21

How was Ancient Greek democracy different from the one in U.S.A today.

Answer 21

The people of Athens voted on direct issues

Question 22

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

Answer 22

All people shared power

Question 23

Why were some tyrants well liked

Answer 23

The improved the lives of the people

Question 24

What time did many city states come under the rule of tyrants

Answer 24

The mid 600’s B.C.E

Question 25

In a tyranny, what allowed the leader to rule

Answer 25

Military force

Question 26

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

Tyrant

Question 27

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

Answer 27

The military officials and the people

Question 28

What kinds of laws did the oligarchs pass?

Answer 28

Unjust laws that favored the rich

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Oligarch

Question 30

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

Answer 30

Another ruling group called the oligarchs took over

Question 31

Who belonged to the councils of aristocrats

Answer 31

Merchants and other rich men

Question 32

How did most kings in Ancient Greece come to power

Answer 32

They inherited power from their familypower

Question 33

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

Answer 33

Communities that were isolated governed in different ways

Question 34

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

Answer 34

Monarchy