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Mycenae
Forms of Government
Athenian Democracy
Challenge
100
What was the name of the palace and the city from which Mycenaens came?
What is Mycenae?
100
What is rule by one/or a king called?
What is Monarchy?
100
In what city-state/polis did democracy develop?
What is Athens?
100
What is the Greek word for city-state?
What is polis/poli
200
What happened to the Mycenaens?
What is we don't know for sure?
200
What is rule by a small group/the few called?
What is oligarchy?
200
This group was made up of all of the citizens of Athens. After laws were proposed, they voted for or against them.
What is the Assembly?
200
Socrates, Plato and Aristotle were all great thinkers. What is another name for great thinkers?
What is philosopher?
300
What did the Mycenaens control and thereby became wealthy in the Aegean region?
What is trade?
300
What is rule by the people/many called?
What is democracy?
300
This group was chosen by lots every year. They were paid and worked regularly at proposing laws for Athens.
What is the Council of 500?
300
Euclid and Pythagoras both made contributions to which academic subject?
What is mathematics?
400
How were the Mycenaens different than the Minoans?
What is they were warlike as evidenced by weapons, body armor in tombs and giant walls around the city?
400
In this kind of democracy, every citizen votes on every law and issue.
What is direct democracy?
400
Which group of people qualified as citizens in Athens?
Who were men, over 18, non slave and born in Athens?
400
Aristophanes, Sophocles, Euripides and Aeschylus all were Greek playwrights. What were the two types of Greek drama?
What is tragedy and comedy
500
What archaeologist found the ruins of Mycenae?
Who is Heinrich Schliemann?
500
In this kind of democracy, citizens vote for representatives, then the representatives vote on the laws and issues.
What is representative democracy?
500
Which groups were not considered citizens in Athens?
What is children under 18, women, slaves, people not born in Athens/foreigners?
500
What is another word for representative democracy?
What is republic?