Lesson 26 Ancient Greece

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 the poor people?

Answer 14

They got poorer

Question 15

What was the same throughout the Greek city-states

Answer 15

They all spoke the same language

Question 16

Ancient Greek 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/citizens

Question 18

In times of war kings 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

The people can rule/democracy

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Athens- Direct Democracy
U.S.- Representative Democracy

Question 22

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

Answer 22

They were the first to try a democracy

Question 23

Why were some tyrants well liked

Answer 23

They passed laws that helped the poor

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

Force

Question 26

Who would have said these words? ( I stepped forward with support from the people and overthrew the ruling power.)

Answer 26

A tyrant

Question 27

Oligarchs were thrown out of power by a partnership between-

Answer 27

The poor people and the armies

Question 28

What laws did the oligarchs pass?

Answer 28

Laws that protected their income.

Question 29

What does an oligarch do in an ordinary day?

Answer 29

They lived comfortably hunting and throwing parties.

Question 30

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

Answer 30

Oligarchs

Question 31

What happened to the kings advisers after the king lost power

Answer 31

They became Oligarchs

Question 32

Who belonged to the councils of aristocrats

Answer 32

Rich land owners and wealthy merchants

Question 33

How did most kings in Ancient Greece come to power?

Answer 33

After the king died his son became king.

Question 34

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

Answer 34

Steep mountain kept areas apart.

Question 35

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

Answer 35

A monarchy