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The Rise of Democracy

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Note from the author:
Reviews how the Greeks experiment with different forms of government (monarchy, oligarchy, tyranny / dictatorship / democracy)
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Question 22
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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)

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According to the 1st paragraph, what caused each city-state to develop their own types of government?
They had different languages
They were isolated from each other by geography
They developed at different time periods
The Greeks identified themselves more with their home city than as Greeks.
True
False
The Greeks called their settlements....
cities
villages
towns
city-states
Each city-state had the same form of government and the same laws.
True
False
A monarchy is which main form of government (you have to use what you have already learned to answer this question).
An autocracy
A democracy
An oligarchy
What wast the role of the aristocrats in the Greek's early monarchies?
To make laws
To advise the king
To serve as judges
What allowed the aristocrats to gain more power.
The amount of money they had
Their ability to provide military support to the king
Both of these gave the aristocrats more power
Which of these is not true about how the aristocrats used their new found power?
They demand kings be elected
They demand the kings rule be limited to a few years
They eventually revolted and end the monarchy
All of these are true
Now the aristocrats have power...what type of government would this be? (Use your prior learning)
Dictatorship
Oligrachy
Autocracy
Who became the small group that ruled in Greek oligrachies?
The weathy (aristocrats)
Friends of the old king
The soldiers
The aristocrats were very fair rulers and made laws to help the poor and also themsevles.
True
False
Who did the poor turn to in order to revolt against the rule of the aristocrats?
Leaders of other city-states
Military leaders
The old kings
Giving power to a tyrant, or one military leader, is an example of....
A dictatorship
A democracy
A monarchy
Ina tyranny (dictatorship) the tyrant's son usually becomes the next leader.
True
False
Why did the poor Greek citizens support tyrants?
They promised the poor more rights
Many were good rulers
They often punished the aristrocrats who had been hostile to the poor
All of these are reasons why the poor support the tyrants
All the tyrants good and kind rulers.
True
False
What form of government are they moving toward now?
Autocracy
Democracy
Oligarchy
What type of democracy did Athens create?
Direct Democracy
Representative Democracy
It did not develop a democracy
The law making body of Athens was called....
the Congress
the Parliment
the Assembly
Who could be a member of the assembly?
Free men of Athens
Slaves
Women
Democracies always worked and succeed in Greece and all city-states eventually had democracy as their form of government.
True
False