There are two type of Democracy. Which type of democracy did Ancient Athens use?
Direct Democracy
The people of ancient Athens were divided into 3 categories. Which category had the lowest population?
Citizens
How were members of the Council of 500 selected?
Random selection
If you were a male born in Athens, and have an Athenian born mother and father. You would be considered a...
Citizen
The Assembly meetings took place every 8 to 10 days throughout the year. During this time, Athens had a male population of 60,000 citizens in which approximately how many would participate?
6000
During the voting process, each citizen’s vote counted as one vote, regardless of their status in society. What is one strategy they used to cast their vote?
Counting stones or raising their hand.
The council of 500 was known as the...
BOULE because they met in the Bouleuterion at the Agora – central gathering place.
Male citizens participating int the Assembly meetings would meet at this location...
on the Pnyx Hill
In Ancient Athens there was a method of banishing a person from the city for a number of years through a voting process. This was known as:
Ostracism or exile
Fill in the blanks: Athens was a ____ _____ in Greece that ran their government much differently than the other ____ _____ in Greece. Sparta, Troy, Olympia, and Mycenae.
City State
How were the members in the Council of 500 chosen?
By lottery
I was born in Athens, I am a high status group, I am wealthy, I cannot vote, I may own some property... who am I?
An Athenian woman
The Council had the important job of planning for the Assembly meetings. When the citizens attended the Assembly, the meetings had to be efficient and organized. So, the council created this to keep meetings organized.
Agenda