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The Rise of Democracy

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22 questions
Note from the author:
Reviews how the Greeks experiment with different forms of government (monarchy, oligarchy, tyranny / dictatorship / democracy)
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According to the 1st paragraph, what caused each city-state to develop their own types of government?

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The Greeks identified themselves more with their home city than as Greeks.

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The Greeks called their settlements....

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Each city-state had the same form of government and the same laws.

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A monarchy is which main form of government (you have to use what you have already learned to answer this question).

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What wast the role of the aristocrats in the Greek's early monarchies?

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What allowed the aristocrats to gain more power.

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Which of these is not true about how the aristocrats used their new found power?

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Now the aristocrats have power...what type of government would this be? (Use your prior learning)

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Who became the small group that ruled in Greek oligrachies?

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The aristocrats were very fair rulers and made laws to help the poor and also themsevles.

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Who did the poor turn to in order to revolt against the rule of the aristocrats?

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Giving power to a tyrant, or one military leader, is an example of....

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Ina tyranny (dictatorship) the tyrant's son usually becomes the next leader.

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Why did the poor Greek citizens support tyrants?

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All the tyrants good and kind rulers.

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What form of government are they moving toward now?

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What type of democracy did Athens create?

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The law making body of Athens was called....

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Who could be a member of the assembly?

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Democracies always worked and succeed in Greece and all city-states eventually had democracy as their form of government.

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After reading this article, why do you think many Greek city-states kept changing their type of government? (Hint: Think about what caused each of the changes to take place in this article)