Council of 500
How many total members were in the Council
What is 500?
Where citizens met to debate and vote
What is the Pnyx?
Who citizens brought complaints to first
What is a magistrate?
I bring the complaint to court
Who is the plaintiff?
Where laws are voted on in Alberta.
What is the Legislative Assembly?
How members were chosen
What is by lottery?
How often the Assembly met
What is about every 8–10 days (40 times a year)?
How jurors were selected
What is by lottery?
I am accused of a crime
Who is the defendant?
People we elect to make decisions.
What are MLAs?
How many tribes Athens had
What is 10 tribes?
Minimum number of citizens needed for important votes
What is 6000?
Typical size of a jury
What is 501–1500 people?
I organize Assembly topics
What is the Council of 500?
Type of democracy in Alberta.
What is representative democracy?
How many members came from each tribe
What is 50?
Two ways citizens voted
What is show of hands or stones?
Who had to speak in court
What is the plaintiff and defendant?
I vote directly on laws
Who is a citizen in the Assembly?
This is the key difference between Athens and Alberta.
What is direct vs representative democracy?
Main job of the Council
Main job of the Council
This is one reason not everyone in Athens could vote in the Assembly.
What is they were not citizens?
What the jury decided after hearing both sides
What is guilt/innocence and punishment?
I oversee early court cases and may give fines
Who is a magistrate?
This group in Alberta is most similar to the Council of 500 in Athens.
What is the Cabinet?