Social Hierarchy
True or False:
Athenian citizens could be male and female.
False:
Only men were considered citizens. Women had little to no rights during that time.
What is a tyrant?
a cruel and oppressive ruler
How long did parents have to pick a name for their son so he could become a citizen?
A week
Which ruler cancelled land debt eventally freeing debtors from slavery?
Solon
Attica has valuable sources of lead, marble, and ___?
What is gold
Aside from being prisoners of war, etc. How did people become slaves?
Sometimes they didn't pay back their debt and became that person's slave until they paid off their debt in service. But that only depended on who you owed money to.
The concil was made up of how many nobles?
400
Male Athenians had to serve for how many years of military service?
2 years
Which rulers changed the meaning of citizens in Athens?
Peisistratus & Clesisthenes
Athens is known for its strong what?
(hint: branch of military)
What is navy
Which social group made up most of the population in Athens?
Slaves. Since they were at the bottom of the social hierarchy, they made up most of the population.
What is the definition of democracy?
A government where the power lies in the hands of the people.
At what age did female Athenians start school?
Trick Question!!
Female didn't get a formal education and just learned how to take care of a household
Peisistratus ruled from ____BCE to ____BCE.
561 - 527
Is Athens the largest city-state, or is it the capital of Greece?
It's both
Slaves worked on ____ and ____
Farms & Mines
The word "dracoian" is often compared to which philosophy?
Legalism
Male Athenians had to study Homer's ______&_______?
Iliad & Odyssey
Clesisthenus made a new concil. What was different from the one Solon made?
He made a concil of 500 and extended the power of the assembly
Athens is named after which Greek god?
Who is Athena
Double points!!
Who and when did the citizenship of Athens extend to Metics?
Cleisthenes and he extended the law around 524 BCE
What type of system did they use to choose who got into public office?
(hint: charter schools use this type of method)
Lottery
Women had very few _______rights.
Poltical
What word was created after the tyrant Draco, meaning harsh or cruel?
Dracoian
What did Athens focus on?
They focused on art, power, science, and the philosophy of the world