The Assembly
This hilltop location was where the Assembly met.
What is the Pnyx?
The Council of 500 was also known by this name.
What is the Boule?
Citizens brought their concerns to this official.
What is a magistrate?
This group included free-born men with citizen parents.
Who were male citizens?
The most important idea behind Athenian democracy was that citizens should do this.
What is rule themselves?
Only this group of people could debate and vote in the Assembly.
Who were male citizens?
Members of the Council were selected using this method.
What is lottery (random selection)?
Magistrates were chosen using this system.
What is lottery selection?
This group could not vote or participate in government but managed households.
Who were Athenian women?
Athenians believed this voting principle was fair.
What is majority rule?
This number of citizens had to be present for a vote to count.
What is 6,000?
Council members served for this length of time.
What is one year?
Athenian juries ranged between this many citizens.
What is 501 to 1500 citizens?
Foreign residents of Athens were called this.
What are metics?
Many government positions were filled using this method to promote fairness.
What is lottery (random selection)?
Athens practiced this type of democracy.
What is direct democracy?
The Council was divided into this many tribes, with 50 members from each.
What is 10 tribes?
Large juries helped prevent this problem in trials.
What is bribery or corruption?
Male citizens were expected to perform this duty besides voting.
What is military service?
In the Assembly, every citizen’s vote counted this way.
What is equally?
Decisions in the Assembly were made using this.
What is a majority vote or decree.
Two features that prevented individuals from holding power too long.
What are one-year terms and 24-hour leadership rotations?
One major difference between Athenian juries and modern Canadian juries.
What is that Athenian juries were much larger?
Despite being a democracy, Athens excluded these three groups from political participation.
Who were women, metics, and slaves?
Unlike modern democracies, Athenian democracy did not strongly protect these.
What are individual and minority rights?