Hist CHP 6: Part 1- Athenian Democracy

How did Solon solve Athens' economic problems?

• 1. He increased taxation among the aristocrats.

• He encouraged the Athenians to build an olive oil trade.

• 2. He changed the qualifications for public office from lineage to wealth.

• 1. He wiped away all existing debts between Athens and other city-states.

How did poor people in Athens manage to get a loan around 590 BCE?

• 1. By putting all his properties down as collateral.

• 1. By presenting their case to the king.

• 1. Poor people were not allowed to request a loan at that time.

• Through debt slavery.

After the Bronze Age collapse, most city-states in ancient Greece were governed by _____.

• oligarchies

• 1. democracies

• 1. monarchies

• 1. tyrannies

In ancient Greek political thought, how is a classical tyrant different from a king?

• 1. A tyrant derives his absolute power from religion.

• 1. A tyrant can pass on his position to his children.

• A tyrant is elected to his position.

• 1. A tyrant's position is permanent.

How did Cleisthenes complete Athens' democratic reformation?

• 2. He ensured equality by exiling the most prominent Athenian aristocrats.

• 1. He led an army to rescue the Athenians from Isagoras and his Spartan allies.

• 1. He united all the existing tribes of the different regions of Attica.

• He transferred most of the power of government from the aristocratic Areopagus to the general assembly.