Athens

Question 1

Athens builds a limited democracy

Answer 1

Government- system for controlling the society
Monarchy- king monarch; rule is hereditary
Aristocracy- ruled by a small group of noble, land owning families
Oligarchy- government ruled by a few people based upon wealth or ability
Democracy- “rule of the people”

Question 2

Democracy

Answer 2

• Adult male citizens participated in governmental decisions and three nobles were elected to the assembly and later the council of advisors
• Around 600 BC economic problems eventually forced farmers into slavery

Question 3

Reforms of Solon (594 BC)

Answer 3

• Outlawed debt slavery and canceled farmers debts
• Created the Council of 400- prepared business
• Any citizen could bring charges against wrongdoers
• Citizen- free adult males; 1/10 population

Question 4

Citizens

Answer 4

• free adult males that made up 1/10 of population

Question 5

Cleisthenes Enacts More Reforms

Answer 5

• Reorganized the assembly rich and poor
• Council of 500- proposed laws and counsled the assembly
• Citizens 1/5 of the population

Question 6

Pericles Strengthens democracy

Answer 6

• Increased paid public official

- Direct Democracy- citizens rule and make laws directly

Question 7

Greek Philosophers Use Reason

Answer 7

• The universe is put together in an orderly waty and is subject to absolute and changing laws
• People can understand these laws through logic and reasong
• SPA

Question 8

What does SPA stand for?

Answer 8

Socrates- Socratic Method
Plato- The Republic; rule by philosopher-kings
Aristotle- Politics; live in a state