The Origins of Democracy: The Rise of Democratic Ideas

At about 2000 BCE, Ancient Greece had a political system where independent sovereign cities served as the center of political, economic, and cultural life. What were these cities called?

• States

• Cities

• City-States

• Countries

Throughout history, people have needed a system for exercising authority. What is that system called?

• Government

• Aristocracy

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

The rule of a king or queen is called a...

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Aristocracy

• Monarchy

When citizens are allowed to participate directly in government, this is called a...

• Democracy

• Limited Democracy

• Direct Democracy

• Flawed Democracy

When a government is ruled by the noble class or nobility, what form of government is this?

• Direct Democracy

• Monarchy

• Aristocracy

• Oligarchy

A form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons like wealthy merchants or in a dominant class or clique; a government by the few is called a(n)...

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• Hypocrisy

What is a government called wherein citizens have the right to vote and elect people to represent them?

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

• Dictatorship

• Republic

In ancient Rome and Greece, wealthy landowning men and their wives were allowed to vote.

• True

• False

Ancient Greece developed a direct democracy and three branches of government. The U.S. also has three branches of government which are...

• The executive branch, legislative branch, and the olive branch.

• The executive branch, legislative branch, and judicial branch

• The political branch, the democratic branch, and the republican branch

• The legislative branch, judicial branch, and the tree branch

Rome's republican government had a Senate and two assemblies. Who made up the Senate?

• Democrats

• Republicans

• Monarchs

• Aristocrats