Ancient Athens Vocab Quiz

A political group was referred to as a:

• Citizens

• Decree

• Tribe

• Slaves

Is made up of a city and the surrounding countryside that controls it. It is independent of other cities.

• City States

• Town

• State

• Village

Name of successful orator and general in the army of Athens

• Socrates

• Orator

• Pericles

• Plaintiff

Name of one of the great thinkers in Athens.

• Zeus

• Plaintiff

• Socrates

• Pericles

The assembly, the council, and the court are known as:

• Tribes

• Pillars of Athenian Democracy

• Pillars

• Direct Democracy

Are rulers who seize power and govern in a harsh new way.

• Citizens

• Defendant

• Slaves

• Tyrants

A place where citizens would debate, listen, discuss and vote.

• Decree

• City States

• Assembly

• Council meeting

People owned either by private Athenians or by the city-state

• Slaves

• Citizens

• Workers

• Athenians

A person who brings a complaint about another person to court

• Magistrate

• Citizens

• Defendant

• Plaintiff

People vote directly to make decisions rather than having representatives

• Democracy

• Direct Democracy

• Lottery

• Voting system