ANCIENT GREECE
The geographical feature that most defines Greece
A city, like Rome, with the power of a country
What is a city-state?
The judeo-christian tradition began in the ancient kingdom that is today this country
A system of government ruled by the people
what is democracy?
the greek word for city-state
What is a polis?
The capital of modern Greece, it was also its largest polis
What is Athens?
A form of government in which citizens elect representatives to govern
what is a republic?
The holy book are almost all Judeo-Christian tradition beliefs and practices found are found
What is the bible?
The involvement of citizens in the government process
What is Civic Participation?
Support for a republican form of government
what is republicanism?
The legislative body of Ancient Athens
What is the assembly?
The arena where gladiators fought in Ancient rome
What is the Colosseum?
The ideas every individual is a person deserving basic rights
What is individual worth?
The basic ideas and rules of democracy
What are democratic principles?
Before Rome had a Republic, they had this, a kind of king (a terrible thing)
What is a tyrant?
Athens gets its name from this goddess of wisdom
Who is Athena?
The legislative body of the roman republic
What is the senate?
The ultimate source of authority for Judeo-Christians and where all laws come from
What is god?
The Greek word “Kratia” means this
What is power?
A word meaning to cancel something
What is a veto?
With sometimes over 200 members, this group decided your guilt or innocence
What is a jury?
Rome had two legislative bodies, making it what kind of legislature (just like us!)
What is Bicameral?
The idea that society should reward those who do good and punish those who do bad and promote justice
What are ethical ideas of justice?
Basic rules of the government
what is a constitution?
The dividing of the government into separate branches, each with their own powers
What is separation of powers?