democracy of Athenians

Question 1

order of politicians studied

Answer 1

solon
Pisistratus
Cleisthenes
ephilates
Pericles

Question 2

Polis meaning

Answer 2

City-state

Question 3

what was the Polis of Athens called

Answer 3

Attica

Question 4

Eupatridai

Answer 4

landowning aristocrats

Question 5

Archon
definition
how many in athens

Answer 5

Athenian magistrate
9

Question 6

polemarch

Answer 6

archon in charge of Athenian army

Question 7

eponymous archon

Answer 7

archon in charge of civil matters

Question 8

Tyrant

Answer 8

sole ruler who took power unconstitutionally

Question 9

hektermoroi

Answer 9

A tenant farmer who payed Eupatridai

Question 10

Solons reforms

Answer 10

Athenians freed from slavery - no athenian could be enslaved by another greek
seisachtheia - shaking off of burdens (cleared debt)

Question 11

Solons reform of class system

Answer 11

made it on wealth rather than birth
4 classes

Question 12

seisachtheia

Answer 12

shaking off of burdens
cleared all debts

Question 13

Solon reform on slavery

Answer 13

freed all Athenians and debt slaves - could not happen again

Question 14

Pentakosiomedimnoi

Answer 14

top economic class
produced more than 500 medimnoi a year

Question 15

hippies

Answer 15

2nd economic class
produced 300-500 medimnoi a year

Question 16

zeugitai

Answer 16

3rd economic class
200-300 medimnoi a year

Question 17

Thetes

Answer 17

lowest economic class
less than 200 medimnoi a year

Question 18

Solon reform of assembly

Answer 18

Made it open to all citizens
used to vote on motions presented

Question 19

Agora

Answer 19

the market place

Question 20

Solons reform of Heliaia

Answer 20

a peoples court , made to allow citizens the right to appeal

Question 21

solons new legislation

Answer 21

a written set of rules and laws inscribed on a krybeis in the agora
written to stop corruption of aristocrats

Question 22

solons public lawsuits

Answer 22

where any citizen could prosecute

Question 23

what happened to solon after his reforms

Answer 23

departed for 10 years so not to become corrupt

Question 24

peisistratus sons

Answer 24

Hippias
Hipparchus

Question 25

Peisistratus court reform

Answer 25

Introduced local judges to resolve disputes outside of athens

Question 26

who aided Athenians in driving out Hippias

Answer 26

King Cleomenes

Question 27

Demos

Answer 27

the people

Question 28

Deme

Answer 28

a village/ district the smallest constitution in Athens

Question 29

Demokratia

Answer 29

power of the people

Question 30

how many demes in attica

Answer 30

139

Question 31

Demarch

Answer 31

annually elected leader of a demes council

Question 32

how many trittyes in Attica

Answer 32

30

Question 33

how many tribes under cliethenes were formed

Answer 33

10

Question 34

what were the tribes named after

Answer 34

eponymous heroes

Question 35

how were the tribes organised

Answer 35

3 trittyes in each tribe 1 coast ,1 city ,1 hill/inland

Question 36

what did the tribal system do

Answer 36

split up the power of the aristocrats gave demos more of a tie to attica - reduced chance of uprising

Question 37

boule of 500 talk about it

Answer 37

50 from each tribe selected by sortition annually prepared agenda for the assembly only able to serve twice in lifetime

Question 38

sortition

Answer 38

selection by lot

Question 39

Ostracism

Answer 39

annual vote to banish a citizen who had become too prominent banished for 10 years kept wealth and land protected democracy

Question 40

piece of broken pottery used to write down name of ostracised

Answer 40

ostrakon

Question 41

quorum of ostracism

Answer 41

minimum number (quorum) of 6000 votes

Question 42

when was first ostracism done

Answer 42

487bc - 20 years after introduction

Question 43

Strategoi

Answer 43

general of athens 10 - one for each tribe elected leader

Question 44

Isonomia

Answer 44

equality in law

Question 45

isegoria

Answer 45

equal right to speech

Question 46

equal right to speech

Answer 46

isegoria

Question 47

equality in law

Answer 47

isonomia

Question 48

shaking off of burdens

Answer 48

seisachtheia

Question 49

highest economic class under solon 500 medinmoi a year

Answer 49

pentakosiomedimnoi

Question 50

Aristophanes plays (4)

Answer 50

knights Assembly woman Peace wasps

Question 51

Aristophanes knights characters

Answer 51

Demosthenes - Anti Cleon Sausage seller Paphlagon - uses assembly to make money

Question 52

Demosthenes (knights) views

Answer 52

critic of the assembly people in charge are corrupt - steal from the state honest men do not vote for cleon

Question 53

Paphlagon (knights)views

Answer 53

does not matter if innocent or guilty speaks to get popularity calls cleon out for claiming win at Pylos

Question 54

Knights aims

Answer 54

using a sausage seller shows how being a demagogue is easy and can be done by anyone

Question 55

Dokimasia

Answer 55

Background test given to a citizen before he can serve as a magistrate

Question 56

Background test given to citizen before serving as a magistrate

Answer 56

Dokimasia

Question 57

Euthunai

Answer 57

Report of magistrates job at end of the year

Question 58

Report of magistrates job and spending at the end of the year

Answer 58

Euthunai

Question 59

Delian league

Answer 59

Defensive league of numerous Greek cities against the threat of Persia

Question 60

Defensive league of numerous Greek cities against the threat of Persia

Answer 60

Delian league

Question 61

Cleruchy

Answer 61

Settlement in allied cities

Question 62

Settlement in allied cities

Answer 62

Cluruchy

Question 63

The law courts Known as after cliethenes

Answer 63

Dikasteria

Question 64

Dikasteria

Answer 64

The law courts Known as this after cliethenes