8.2 Government in Athens – Flashcards
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Who ruled the early Athens?
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The Aristocrats and Tyrant ruled early Athens.
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Who created the world's first democracy?
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The Athens created the world's first democracy.
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Name the democracy that was different than the modern democracy ?
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Ancient democracy was different than the modern democracy.
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Democracy
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Type of government in which people rule themselves.
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Oligarchy
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Government in which only a few people have power.
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Aristocrats
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Rich landowners.
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Citizens
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People with the right to participate in government.
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Tyrant
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Leader who rules by the use of force.
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Pericles
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Athenian leader who ruled at the height of Athenian democracy.
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What are two ways that Athens was ruled before democracy ?
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They were first ruled by kings and oligarchy of aristocrats.
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Who was the first tyrant of Athens ?
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Peisistratus was the first tyrant.
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What do you think is the major disadvantage of allowing every citizen to participate in lawmaking ?
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I think that it is a bad idea for citizens to participate lawmaking.
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What type of democracy is practiced in the United States today ?
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Representative government, in which citizen elect people to represent them.
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An oligarchy is a government in which only a few people have power.
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That fact is true.
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Greece is considered the birthplace of democracy, which is a type of government in which people rule themselves.
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That fact is true.
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Democracy in Athens reached its height under the rule of a brilliant elected leader named Cleisthenes.
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Peistratus was the elected leader.
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In the 590's BC, a man named Solon created a set of laws that were less harsh than those created by Draco. Solon's laws enabled all free men living in Athens to become aristocrats.
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Enabled all free men living in Athens to become citizens.
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The oligarchy in Athens lasted until one noble overthrew the government and ruled it alone as a tyrant.
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That fact is true.
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1a. What are aristocrats ?
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Aristocrats are rich landowners ( people).
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1b. How were oligarchy and tyranny different ?
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The different between oligarchy and tyrant, oligarchy is a few people and tyrant is one leader.
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2a. Describe the democracy created by Cleisthenes ?
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Democracy was created by Cleisthenes and it was introduced to the Athens in 500BC, he did not support aristocracy.
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2b. How did Pericles change Athenian democracy ?
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Citizens gradually more power when Athenian democracy reached it's height with Pericles.
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3a. What type of democracy did Athens have ?
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Athens had a direct democracy.
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3b. In what situations would a representative democracy work better than a direct democracy ?
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Representative democracy, people meet to make laws for the country and enforce them not to vote.
