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