(Honors) Ancient Greece Final

What is "Direct Democracy" and how did it work in Athens?

Match the correct name to the description of Each Athenian Government Body.

• The Boule

• A council made up of 500 men (50 from each of the 10 Athenian tribes). It made decisions about day-to-day government and decided what issues should go in front of the main assembly.

• The Dikasteria

• • The Courts- Was made up of 500 men over 30 years old, who were chosen by lottery. 

  • They decided legal cases by majority rule.

• The Ekklesia

• • The Assembly -Athens’s main governing body. 

    It made the most important decisions, including voting on laws, deciding whether to go to war and determining foreign policy. 

  • Met 40 times a year Any Athenian citizen could attend and vote.

(a)   ​- Members of the assembly could write on a ​ piece of (b)     the name of a person they considered harmful to the city. A person so named by at least six thousand members was banned from the city for ​ (c)   . 

• Ostracism
• pottery
• 10 years
• stone
• 2 years
• life
• papyrus

Democracy means "Rule of the People" in Greek. How truly Democratic was ancient Athens. List at least three pieces of evidence from the reading or your notes to support your claim.

The Persian King ​ (a)   declared war on all of Greece in 492 B.C.E. He was mad that Athens was supporting the ​ (b)   Rebels. His son, ​ (c)   , vowed to burn Athens to the ground after taking the throne.

• Darius I
• Ionian
• Xerxes
• Macedonian 
• Darius III
• Phillip II

This Athenian politician and General tricked The Persian fleet into a narrow straight at Salamis. Trapping the Persians and destroying their ships

• Leonidas

• Themistocles

• Cleisthenes

• Philip ii

After this battle, Pheidippides ran 26 miles back to Athens to tell the people they had defeated the Persians.

• Marathon

• Thermopylae

• Salamis

• Platea

Explain how Athens turned the Delian League into it´s own personal Empire.

Place the answers in the correct order: In Plato´s famous work, the Republic, he outlines the ideal society, in which we are all divided into three groups. The first group are the ​ (a)   , The second group are the (b)   , and the third group are the ​ (c)   .

• Warriors who protect society
• Producers (Artisans, tradespeople and farmers)
• Philosopher Kings who rule society
• Priests who follow the will of the gods

Pericles´ daring plan for Athens to win the war against Sparta was to...

• Poison the Spartans' food supply

• Call on the Persians for help & fight the Spartans head on.

• Hide behind the city´s walls and fight the Spartans at sea