25-26: Studyguide And Vocab

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

Ignore

Question 7

firmly and repeatedly stating a point of view

Answer 7

Insisted

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Monarchy

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Oligarchy

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Reversed

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Tyranny

Question 12

to have to do something based on a rule or command

Answer 12

Required

Question 13

to put a decision or plan into effect

Answer 13

Implemented

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Became poorer

Question 15

What was the same throughout the Greek city-states?

Answer 15

Language

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- free male citzens

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 a 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 democracy in the United States today?

Answer 21

Citizens voted directly on all issues

Question 22

How was democracy in Athens different from other and client forms of government?

Answer 22

Citizens shared ruling power.

Question 23

Why were some tyrants well like?

Answer 23

They made laws that improved people’s lives.

Question 24

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

Answer 24

Mid-600s 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 partners between_____.

Answer 27

Army leaders and poor people

Question 28

What kind of laws did the oligarchs pass?

Answer 28

Passing laws that favored the rich

Question 29

What might an oligarch do on an ordinary day?

Answer 29

Hunt, participate in chariot races/ party by night.

Question 30

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

Answer 30

Oligarch

Question 31

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

Answer 31

New ruling group-oligarchs

Question 32

Who belonged to the councils of aristocrats?

Answer 32

Rich men, who had land from families

Question 33

How did most kings in Ancient Greece come to power?

Answer 33

Inheriting it, from a relative

Question 34

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

Answer 34

The steep mountains kept people from different areas apart.

Question 35

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

Answer 35

Monarchy

Question 36

Aegean Sea

Answer 36

an arm of the Mediterranean Sea, east of Greece

Question 37

Colony

Answer 37

a settlement under the control of a usually distant country

Question 38

Consulting

Answer 38

to get an opinion and information from someone

Question 39

Participate

Answer 39

to take part in something, such as a game or activity

Question 40

Peninsula

Answer 40

a body of land that is surrounded on three sides by water

Question 41

Relied

Answer 41

to depend on something or someone