Ancient Athens Democracy

What is a metic?

• - a person who lives in Athens but was not born there.

  - can own land

  - has a paying job

  -cannot vote

• - a person who was captured during war.

  - is owned by a citizen or the city-state

• - a person who cannot leave their house

  - a person who can only do something if a man agree

• - a person who is the leader of the Council of 500

  - a person who can vote

What is a citizen?

• - a man whose parents were born in Athens

  - has served in the military for 2 years

  - has to participate in government

• - a woman whose parents were born in Athens

  - has raised a family

  - has to participate in government.

• - a person who was captured during a war.

  - a person who has no rights.

• - a person who is the chairperson and magistrate

  - who cannot vote

What is a slave?

• - a person who was captured during a war.

  - has no rights or freedoms

• - a woman who has to stay inside her home unless a male family member takes her out.

  - can own things but cannot sell them without a man's permission

• - a person who is the leader of the market

  - can participate in government

• - a man whose parents were born in Athens

  - has served in the military for 2 years

  - can participate in government

In ancient Athens government what decided who could participate in making decisions?

• How rich you were.

• Your job

• Your place in the class structure

• Both your wealth and profession.

Did Athenians take their democracy seriously?

• No, if you didn't participate it didn't matter.

• Yes, if you didn't participate you could be punished.

• Sometimes depending on how wealthy you were.

• No, if you owned slaves then the slaves would vote for you.

How did Athenians try to be fair?

• Only rich citizens got the same chance of being picked for a job.

• You could only be picked to be on the Council of 500 twice.

• Both women and men could vote.

• Everyone in Athens including men, women, metics and slaves could vote.

What did ancient Athens create that many countries including Canada use?

• Democracy

• Dictatorships

• Rice

• Olive Oil & Fish

What is the same in Canadian (Alberta) democracy and ancient Athens?

• People have slaves to do their work so that they could vote.

• That you have to vote or you will be fined.

• That you must be a citizen to vote.

• That you can only vote if you are a rich person.

What is direct democracy?

• Where every citizen gets to vote on every decision.

• Where citizens vote for a representative to make decisions for them.

• Where citizens vote for a King or Queen to lead the government.

• Where citizens are not allowed to vote.

What is the Council of 500?

• Every day government that would plan what the Assembly could discuss. Was made up of 500 citizens all over the age of 30.

• The main government that all citizens attended to make all the important decisions.

• The mini council only meet for emergencies.

• The courts where the magistrate would listen to trials