Types of
Governments
Governments
A State ruled by its citizens
What is a Direct Democracy?
He caused the fall of the Roman Republic.
Who is Julius Cezar?
A group of three rulers.
What is a triumvirate?
A critic of the Sophists, he believed that absolute standards did exist for truth and justice.
Who is Socrates?
A period of essentially 200 years(27 BCE-180 CE) of peace and prosperity.
What is Pax Romana?
A government where a single person called a king rules
What is a Monarchy?
King Philip’s son, next king of Macedonia.
Who is Alexander the Great?
300 former magistrates selected by the most powerful magistrates.
What is the Senate?
A Greek who lived in Athens for a time, pioneered the accurate reporting of events. His book on the Persian Wars is considered the first work of history.
Who is Herodotus?
Athens were head of the what that was set up to protect Greek city-states against the Persian threat
What is the Delian League?
A government ruled by a small group of noble, landowning families.
What is an Aristocracy?
A nobleman who took power. In 621 B.C. He developed a legal code based on the idea that all Athenians, rich and poor, were equal under the law.
Who is Draco?
Large groups of Different Romans
What are the Tribal Assemblies?
A student of Socrates who was in his late 20s when his teacher died. He wrote down the conversations of Socrates “as a means of philosophical investigation.”
Who is Plato?
Roman general Scipio defeated Hannibal in 202 BC. 50,000 inhabitants were sold into slavery. They wanted to completely erase the memory of Carthage.
What is the Third Punic War?
A government ruled by a few powerful people.
What is an Oligarchy?
He came to power in 594 B.C. Introduced far-reaching democratic reforms. He thought that no citizen should own another citizen, so he outlawed debt slavery. He organized all Athenian citizens into four social classes according to wealth.
Who is Solon?
Two men who were elected to be the highest leader from the magistrates
What is a Consuls?
The greatest historian of the classical age, He believed that certain types of events and political situations recur over time.
Who is Thucydides?
People who settled on the Greek mainland around 2000 B.C
Who are the Mycenaeans?
A state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president
What is a Republic?
He broke up the power of the nobility by organizing citizens into ten groups based on where they lived rather than on their wealth. He also increased the power of the assembly by allowing all citizens to submit laws for debate and passage. He created the Council of Five Hundred.
Who is Cleisthenes?
All male patricians and Plebeians
What is the Century assembly?
A philosopher who questioned the nature of the world and of human belief, thought, and knowledge.
Who is Aristotle?
He lived in a barrel and he is known for holding a lantern to the faces of the citizens of Athens claiming he was searching for an honest man.
Who is Diogenes?