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What does democracy roughly translate to?
People Power / Power to the People
How many members did the Assembly have?
Approximately 6000
In order to be a citizen, you had to:
Be born in Athens, and have an Athenian born mother and father.
The main responsibilities of women were to:
Take care of children and manage household duties (cooking, cleaning).
Name two responsibilities of slaves in Ancient Athens.
Paidagogos - Tutoring and educating the boys
Taking care of household duties, cooking, cleaning, taking care of children
What type of training and service was required by all boys before they could become a citizen? How old were they when they started and finished their service?
They had mandatory military service that started at age 18 and ended at age 20, when they became a citizen.
I can own property, but I don't get to choose when or how to sell it. I cannot vote or leave my house on my own. Who am I?
What were some of the subjects boys learned in school? Name 3.
Reading, writing, math, music, studying poems called epics, boxing
How were members of the Council of 500 chosen? How were members of the Assembly chosen?
Council of 500: A lottery system
The Assembly: Being marked with red paint in the Agora
*Only male citizens were chosen
What was the main difference between the Court in Ancient Athens and the courts we have today in Canada?
In Canada today, people hire professional lawyers to speak for them in court, but in Athens, people had to argue their own cases. They needed to be well-spoken to convince the jury.
Who was the leader of the Council of 500, and how long were they the leader for?
The leader was called the chairman, and they could only be chairman once in their lifetime for 24 hours.
I couldn't partcipate in government, couldn't vote, but I could influence citizens and be involved in legal cases.
Metic.
Besides serving as a place to purchase things in Ancient Athens, what other purpose did the Agora serve?
A place for men to communicate and talk about the vote after the Assembly. This was when metics could influence their male citizen friends' votes.
Where did the full-time government of Athens meet? What was it called?
The Bouleterion in the Agora. It was called the Council of 500, or the Boule.
Who would make decisions in the Court (there were two groups/types of people)? How were they chosen? What was their job?
- Magistrates made decisions in the court. They were male citizens and acted as judges. They were chosen by lottery for a one-year term. They decided if a case would be sent to trial or if the person guilty would be fined.
- Male citizens also made decisions (who made up the jury). They had to be over the age of 30 and there were between 501-1500 members. They listened to the defendant and the plaintiff, and voted on whether the defendant was innocent or guilty.
Name 3 similarities between the Assembly and the Council of 500.
Answers vary
(Example: Both made decisions for their city, both had members chosen at random, both were made up of male citizens, etc)
List the different groups of people that existed in Ancient Athens from most powerful (most rights & freedoms) to least powerful, and explain your choices.
Explanations vary.
1. Athenian men, 2. Metics (male), 3. Athenian women, 4. Female metics / boys, 5. Girls, 6. Slaves
How were the Assembly, the Council of 500, and the Court connected?
The Council of 500 decided on the agenda for the Assembly, along with laws or decrees for them to approve. The Assembly voted on those decisions from the agenda, and approved laws to be passed. The Court would trial those who broke the laws that the Council of 500 and the Assembly created.
How many members did the Bouleterion have? Where did the members come from?
500 members. They chose (by lottery) 50 members from each of the 10 tribes in Athens.