This was the term used to describe the wealthy or elite class in Rome...
patricians
100
A king or queen rules with absolute authority is what type of government ...
monarchy
100
system of voting in which each individual person casts a vote that is counted
direct democracy
100
The term used to describe the common person in Ancient Rome (was about 90-95 percent of the population)
plebeians
200
He created the opportunity for all citizens to be able to run for office in Greece
Pericles
200
A small group of wealthy nobles make decisions for everyone(this right is usually passed down through families)...
aristocracy
200
Most famous in Rome, a way of voting that allows people to select other people to make decisions for them
in-direct democracy (representative democracy)
200
Term used to describe the group that functioned as an advisory body to Rome's magistrates and, composed as it was of the city's most experienced public servants and society's elite
Senate
300
He created the council of 500 or "boule" in Greece to oversee government operations
Clesithenes
300
A government by the few, especially despotic (tyrant) power exercised by a small and privileged group for corrupt or selfish purposes
oligarchy
300
He was a student of Socrates and produced the famous essay "the republic"
Plato
300
the power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience.
authority
400
He cancelled land debt and improved the conditions of poor people in Greece
Solon
400
A system of government in which power is vested in the people, who rule either directly or through freely elected representatives.
democracy
400
"An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth." is a statement from ________, which was a collection of 282 laws inscribed on an upright stone pillar.
Hammurabi's Code
400
the collections of laws and legal interpretations developed under the sponsorship of a Byzantine emperor
Justinian's Code
500
He believed that universal forms were not necessarily attached to each object or concept, and that each instance of an object or a concept had to be analyzed on its own.
Aristotle
500
What system of government do we have here in the USA?
direct and in-direct (representative) democracy
500
The earliest attempt by the Romans to create a code of law was called ________.
12 Tables
500
What is the difference between civil and common law?
Common law applies to a larger group (The United States) whereas a civil law is more specific