Ancient Athens Social Structure
These people where the most privileged living in Ancient Athens.
Who are citizens?
These people where allowed to vote
Who are male citizens over 18 who were born to citizens?
How were the council of 500 citizens chosen in Athens' democracy
What is chosen at random?
A government run by a king
What is a monarchy?
The form of democracy in the US
What is representative democracy?
These people only ended up living in Athens, by being taken hostage and owned by someone when they are taken to Athens.
Who are slaves?
The age at which Athenian girls got marries
What is 12-13 years old?
Who was supposed to participate in Athens' democracy?
Who was all the citizens?
An oligarchy shares power with this group
What is a king and a few noblemen?
The method of getting rid of a politician who isn't doing his or her job
What is voting the person out of office?
These people were born outside of Athens , but have moved here and cannot own land.
Who are metics?
These people where never allowed to vote.
Who are Athenian woman and slaves?
How was it possible for poor citizens to serve on a jury?
What is they were paid?
Successive descendants in a family keep it going or it is ordained to be this way.
What is a monarchy?
The job of a politician in the US
What is to do what the people want that person to do, not what they want to do?
These people where the only ones allowed to vote in the assembly in Athens.
Who are Athenian male citizens?
This was the last tyrant before democracy arose in Greece
Who was Hippias?
A democracy where everyone votes on all the laws.
What is direct democracy?
This person seizes power
What is a tyrant?
The civilization that the Founding Fathers took their idea of democracy
What is a Ancient Athens?
These people are kept at home to look after the children and they never went to school.
Who are female Athenians?
Adult male citizens made up this part of the population
What is 15%?
Instead of voting with hands they voted with this method as well.
What are stones?
This is the name of the self-governing community in Athens
What is a polis or city-state
The founding fathers added this to the preamble to show who has the power in our country
What is "We the People"?