Social Classes
What were the three different social classes in ancient athens?
Slaves, metics, and citizens
What were the three pieces of Athenian government?
Assembly, Boule, Courts
What type of democracy did ancient Athens have?
Direct Democracy.
Which gender was preferred in Ancient Athens? How do you know?
Boys were preferred in Ancient Athens as they got to have more freedom and were allowed to participate in decision making.
How are female citizens treated differently in Canada compared to Ancient Athens?
Female citizens are allowed to vote, own property freely, and participate in government.
Who were the slaves?
Bonus: What were some common jobs for slaves?
They were people who lost battle against Athens.
Slaves did many jobs from house work, working on the field, and even tutoring the children of citizens and metics.
What was the job of the assembly?
The assembly's job was to debate laws and vote on whether to adopt the law or to deny it.
Representative Democracy.
What did boys learn vs what did girls learn growing up?
Boys learned reading, writing, math, sports, and read epics. Girls learned house work and chores.
When are people allowed to vote?
In Canada people are allowed to vote when they turn 18. In Ancient Athens you are allowed to vote after you finish your military service at 20 years old.
How were the metics different from citizens? List 2
Metics were not allowed to vote, they also could not own property. Metics were born outside of Athens.
The council of 500 were citizens who were over the age of 30 and made laws. They were chosen with random lottery.
How was ancient Athens fair?
It was fair in the sense that all metics were treated the same, all female citizens were treated the same, etc.
When boys were born an olive branch was nailed to the door. This represented...
victory in battle
What part of democracy was the same between Canada and Athens?
Majority rules, voting to make new or change laws.
How were male and female citizens treated differently? (list 2)
Male citizens could vote, own property, serve in the military, hold positions in government, and defend themselves in court, while female citizens could not. Female citizens could own property and slaves but were not allowed to sell without the permission of a male.
How did Athens determine how to pass a law or not? What kind of democracy did they use?
Direct democracy. The majority had to vote in favour to pass a law.
Why would direct democracy not work for the country of Canada? Why did it work for Ancient Athens?
Too many people in Canada for everyone to vote on every law.
What was different between the life of how a boy grew up and how a girl grew up?
Boys got to go to school and learn reading, writing, and math. They also got to play sports. Girls had to stay home and learn house work from their mom.
How is citizenship different between Ancient Athens and Canada?
In ancient Athens, citizenship could be taken away from citizens who broke laws.
If you were a woman and a complaint was filed against you in the courts. What do you need to defend yourself?
You would need a male guardian to speak on your behalf
Why were the men who did not participate in the assembly punished?
The assembly sometimes need a quorum to pass laws. They want everyone's voice to be shared and heard.
What were the term limits for the council of 500? How long could the leader serve in the council of 500?
The terms were 1 year long and the leader held the position for one day.
Why did fathers want to marry off their daughters?
Because they did not want to keep paying to house, feed, and cloth a daughter.
How did people vote in Athens vs Canada?
Direct democracy in Athens, show of hands.
Representative democracy in Canada, secret ballot.