Geography influenced the development of settlements in Ancient Greece.
What was a factor in the development of settlements in Ancient Greece?
100
In a monarch, the power is in the hands of one person, usually a king. Greek city states did not allow a queen.
Who rules a monarchy?
100
An oligarchy is a form of government in which the ruling power is in the hands of a few people.
What is an oligarchy?
100
Tyranny is the rule of one person who is not a lawful king.
What is the meaning of tyranny?
100
In a democracy all people share in ruling government and society.
What is democracy?
200
No, they identified with their cities.
Did the Ancient Greeks view their country as one country?
200
At first, when a king died the people would choose the king that followed. However, the oldest son eventually became the king when the ruling king died.
How were kings replaced at first in the Greek monarchy? Was this always the way things worked?
200
The oligarchs hunted or take part in chariot races. They had parties with music, dance, and acrobatics.
What were the oligarchs lives like? Where they comfortable? What did they do with their time?
200
Another name for tyranny is a dictatorship.
What is another name for a tyrannical leadership?
200
Greece's democracy was a direct democracy where each person voted on every issue. In our society we have a representative democracy. This means that people vote for representatives that vote on behalf of the people.
Was Ancient Greece's democracy the same as the democracy that we experience in the USA? Explain the difference.
300
Yes, the city-states of Greece had their own form of government.
Did all of the city-states of Greece have their own form of government?
300
The king made laws and acted as judges. They also conducted religious ceremonies. They also led the armies. They were allowed to punish people who broke the laws or didn't pay taxes.
What were some of the powers of the kings? Name at least two powers.
300
Very hard. They worked long hours in the fields.
What was the life of the poor like under the oligarchs?
300
A tyrant cannot claim that the laws of the land give him the power to rule.There are no legal limits on his power to rule. Also, a tyrant's son does not inherit his father's power to rule.
What is the difference between a tyranny and a monarchy?
300
This work took place in the assembly. This was a lawmaking group.
Where did the work of the democracy happen in Ancient Greece?
400
The aristocrat were wealthy men who inherited a lot of land.
What is an aristocrat?
400
They were forced into slavery.
What happened in some city-states under the oligarchs to farmers who couldn't pay their debts?
400
They were good to the poor. Some of them canceled the debts of struggling farmers. Some were hostile to the aristocrats and even took away from their land.
Why were many Greek tyrants popular rulers?
400
No, sometimes important laws were reversed by the assembly after just a few weeks after they were made.
Was democracy a completely successful method of government?
500
Each city-state had its own laws, money, and army.
Did each city-state have its own laws, money, and army or did the city-states share these things?
500
Councils of aristocrats advised the king at first. They supplied the king with armor and horses during wartime. Eventually, they wanted the king's power. In some city-states they even fought the idea of the king inheriting power. Then they limited the amount of time the king could rule. In many city-states the aristocrats took power for themselves.
Describe the role of the aristocrats and how much power they had.
500
The poor people turned to the army to throw out the oligarchs.
Who threw out the oligarchs eventually?
500
Hippias, who paid spies to report on anybody that criticized him.
Who is an example of an unpopular tyrant?
500
The ideal that people can and should rule themselves has been influential in the modern world.
Why is democracy one of the most important forms of government that the Greeks established for the future world?