Lesson 26 – The Rise of Democracy
History Alive pages 291-295
1. What affected how settlements developed in Ancient Greece?
2. What is one thing that most Greeks had in common?
3. Greeks did not view Greece as what type of country?
4. Greek cities maintained their own what? (3 things)
5. Who were the firsts people to form city-states?
6. What are the four forms of government that were developed in Greek city-states?
7. Define monarchy:
8. A ____________________ rules most Greek city-states.
9. Greek settlements did not allow who to govern?
10. What did kings demand would happen when they die?
11. Name two things that kings had the power to do:
12. Kings had councils of what to advise them?
13. Define aristocrat:
14. During wartime, kings depended on their what?
15. The aristocrats soon realized what?
16. Eventually, aristocrats in many city-states overthrew who?
17. By 800 B.C., very few Greek city-states were ruled by who?
18. Define oligarchy:
19. A few oligarchs were wealthy ___________________________.
20. Oligarchs spent their day doing what?
21. The poor were required to do what?
22. The oligarchs ignored what?
23. The oligarchs passed laws that favored who?
24. Laws forced farmers who were unable to pay their depts to what?
25. Under the rule of the oligarchs, the rich became ___________________, and the poor became
_______________________
26. The poor eventually did what?
27. In the mid 1600’s b.c., the people of the Greek city-states relied on who to change the government?
28. What were these men called?
29. Define tyranny:
30. How long did this form of government last?
31. Name two ways tyrants differ from monarchist:
32. Most Greek tyrants were what?
33. What’s something that do to help people?
34. Tyrants that did not use their power to help people were called what?
35. Two enemies of the brother killed who?
36. The people of _____________________ were the first in Greece to attempt to _______________________
themselves.
37. They developed a form of government called what?
38. Define democracy:
39. Define citizen:
40. Name one-way Athens democracy differs from democracy today:
41. The democracy in Athens functioned with an __________________________.
42. Define assembly:
43. With assembly, everyone had a ______________________
44. Powerful speakers sometimes persuaded ordinary citizens to vote __________________________.
45. In time, the idea of _____________________________ would be something used in our modern world.