Athenian democracy - Quiz
A) 5th century BC B) 4th century BC C) 6th century BC D) 7th century BC
A) Attica B) Argos C) Sparta D) Thebes
A) Monarchy, nobility, and faith B) Liberty, equality, and security C) Order, discipline, and conquest D) Wealth, power, and tradition
A) Free, adult male citizens B) All adult residents regardless of gender C) Free citizens and resident metics D) All property-owning adults including women
A) No more than 30 percent B) At least 70 percent C) Around 10 percent D) No more than 50 percent
A) 462 BC B) 508 BC C) 621 BC D) 594 BC
A) 462–61 BC B) 411–10 BC C) 561–60 BC D) 508–07 BC
A) 404 BC B) 508 BC C) 462 BC D) 594 BC
A) Into twelve groups based on their occupation B) Into hereditary aristocratic clans C) Into four groups based on their wealth D) Into ten groups based on where they lived
A) Ephialtes B) Cleisthenes C) Solon D) Pericles
A) Peloponnesian War B) Sicilian campaign C) Macedonian War D) Persian War
A) Only Athens and Sparta B) Less than ten percent C) As many as half D) All of them
A) Beginning or rule B) First place or sovereignty C) People or towns D) Force or power
A) People or towns B) Beginning or first place C) Assembly or magistrate D) Force or power
A) Democracy B) Assembly C) Mayoralty D) Oligarchy
A) Histories B) The Draconian Constitution C) The Suppliants D) Constitutions
A) Herodotus B) Cleisthenes C) Solon D) Aristotle
A) Politeiai B) Isonomia C) Demarchy D) Archē
A) Herodotus and his followers B) Solon and the archons C) Aristotle and his students D) Pericles and the Assembly
A) Elected mayors and municipal magistrates B) A series of archons and the council of the Areopagus C) The Assembly and the Boule D) The Ten Tribes and their demes
A) Peisistratos B) Draco C) Solon D) Cleisthenes
A) Ten B) Three C) Four D) Five
A) Zeugitai B) Pentakosiomedimnoi C) Hippeis D) Thetes
A) Zeugitai B) Thetes C) Pentakosiomedimnoi D) Hippeis
A) 400 members B) 100 members C) 500 members D) 300 members
A) Supreme executive ruling body B) Running daily affairs and setting political agendas C) Guardianship of the laws D) Criminal court for homicide and sacrilege
A) Enforcing stricter borrowing on personal security B) Cancelling existing debts and freeing debtors C) Banning agriculture across Attica D) Increasing taxes on the wealthy classes
A) Draco B) Peisistratos C) Hippias D) Phillip II
A) Peisistratos B) Pericles C) Hippias D) Ephialtes
A) Four B) Twelve C) Ten D) Twenty
A) Trittyes B) Demes C) Medimnoi D) Archons
A) Over 16 B) Over 30 C) Over 21 D) Over 18
A) A council of four hundred members B) An advisory board for foreign trade C) A municipal mayoralty and tax office D) A criminal court for cases of homicide and sacrilege
A) Persian invasion B) Sicilian campaign C) Conquest of Phillip II D) Peloponnesian War
A) The Council of 400 B) The Pentakosiomedimnoi C) The Areopagus D) The Thirty Tyrants
A) Two years B) Four months C) Ten years D) One year
A) The Council of 400 B) The Areopagus C) Hippias and his supporters D) The Thirty Tyrants
A) Sicilian army B) Spartan army C) Persian army D) Macedonian army of Phillip II
A) Solon B) Democrates C) Cleisthenes D) Pericles
A) Histories B) The Suppliants C) Constitutions (Politeiai) D) The Draconian Constitution
A) Classical Athens B) Ancient Sparta C) The Roman Republic D) Ancient Rome
A) Direct participation B) Bureaucratic administration C) Representative voting D) Checks and balances
A) Economic stagnation B) Mob mentality C) Foreign occupation D) Voter apathy
A) Lack of public interest B) Low voter turnout C) Hurried decision-making D) Prolonged debates
A) Citizen participation in government B) Rash decisions influenced by public opinion C) The influence of political leaders D) The total number of laws passed
A) Government secrecy B) More frequent elections C) An informed voter D) Higher tax rates
A) Cassander B) Alexander the Great C) Publius Cornelius Sulla D) Philip II
A) Demetrius Poliorcetes B) Athenion C) Publius Cornelius Sulla D) Alexander the Great
A) Renamed them B) Sent them into exile C) Abolished them D) Expanded them
A) First tribe B) Third tribe C) Eleventh tribe D) Twelfth tribe
A) Autonomous civitas foederata B) Independent empire C) Roman municipality with a Senate D) Macedonian puppet state
A) 300 to 750 B) 500 to 1000 C) 100 to 300 D) 50 to 500
A) Aristion B) Athenion C) Publius Cornelius Sulla D) Demetrius of Phalerum
A) Aristion B) Hadrian C) Domitian D) Philip II
A) Publius Cornelius Sulla B) Demetrius Poliorcetes C) Cassander D) Augustus
A) It dissolved B) It became an autonomous civitas foederata C) It grew stronger D) It was restored to the Assembly
A) 30,000 B) 100,000 C) 150,000 D) 250,000
A) 60,000 B) 250,000 C) 150,000 D) 30,000
A) 100,000–150,000 B) 10,000–15,000 C) 1,000–1,500 D) 30,000–60,000
A) 15,000 B) 1,000 C) 60,000 D) 30,000
A) Barbarians B) Metics C) Helots D) Plebeians
A) Slaves B) Metics C) Neither, citizens were more numerous than both combined D) They were equal in number
A) Plato B) Pericles C) Socrates D) Hyperides
A) About a thousand B) Exactly fifty C) Over ten thousand D) Around one hundred
A) Relatively large B) Non-existent C) Significantly smaller D) Roughly identical
A) Citizenship-through-birth B) Mandatory property ownership C) Length of residency in the city D) Financial contribution to the state
A) Four B) Five C) Two D) Three
A) That slaves could become citizens B) Equal rights for all residents C) That non-citizens could vote if wealthy D) A clear boundary between their protections
A) Atimia B) Metics C) Ephebes D) Xenias Graphe
A) Spartans B) Samians C) Plateans D) Egyptians
A) Plateans B) Ephebes C) Samians D) Athenians
A) Astē B) Polis C) Strategos D) Demarch
A) Fighting in battle B) Participating in athletic training C) Competing in the Olympics D) Building ships
A) Dikasteria B) Demos C) Boule D) Ecclesia
A) 6,000 B) 30 C) 200 D) 500
A) The assembly B) The courts C) The boule D) The council of 500
A) agora B) ekklesia C) boule D) dikasteria
A) Unanimous consent B) Simple majority C) Three-quarters majority D) Two-thirds majority
A) Kheirotonia B) Kyria C) Ekklesia D) Pnyx
A) Only during times of war B) Annually C) Monthly D) Every ten years
A) 365 B) 20 C) 40 D) 10
A) Kyria ekklesia B) Pnyx C) Dikasteria D) Kheirotonia
A) Temporary loss of voting rights B) A fine C) Public flogging D) Exile from Athens
A) Agora B) Pnyx C) Acropolis D) Parthenon
A) Sortition B) Ostracism C) The red rope D) The quorum of 6,000
A) Blue B) Black C) Red D) White
A) White B) Blue C) Black D) Red
A) An ostracism trial B) A secret ballot C) A postponement of the assembly D) A recount
A) Cleisthenes B) Cleon C) Solon D) Pericles
A) Every month B) Every two years C) Every six months D) Every year
A) Dike B) Probouleumata C) Atimia D) Prytaneis
A) Dikasteria B) Logographos C) Prytaneis D) Clepsydra
A) Thirty days B) Thirty-six days C) Twenty-four days D) Forty days
A) The next 24 hours B) The next 36 hours C) The next 48 hours D) The next 12 hours
A) Dikasteria B) Ecclesia C) Clepsydra D) Prytaneion
A) Executive function B) Military function C) Judicial function D) Probouleutic function
A) Magistrates B) Ambassadors C) Generals D) Jurors
A) Propose penalties B) Speak C) Vote D) Be censured
A) Graphe B) Probouleuma C) Atimia D) Dike
A) Clepsydra B) Dike C) Prytaneis D) Graphe |
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