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- 1. Multiple Choice
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
- 2. Multiple Choice
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
- 3. Multiple Choice
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
- 4. Multiple Choice
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.
- 5. Multiple Choice
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.
- 6. Multiple Choice
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.
- 7. Multiple Choice
What did ancient Athens create that many countries including Canada use?
Democracy
Dictatorships
Rice
Olive Oil & Fish
- 8. Multiple Choice
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.
- 9. Multiple Choice
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.
- 10. Multiple Choice
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
- 11. Multiple Choice
How were citizens chosen to be on the Council of 500?
By lottery for each tribe.
By vote for each tribe.
By picking men and women randomly.
By voting for men and women.
- 12. Multiple Choice
What did the Chairman lead?
The Council of 500 and Executive Committee
The Assembly
The Court
The Military
- 13. Multiple Choice
What part of the Alberta Government is most similar to the Council of 500?
The Lieutenant Governor
The Premier
MLAs
The Cabinet
- 14. Multiple Choice
What is a magistrate?
A person that was chosen by lottery to run the Athenian courts
A person that was chosen by lottery to run the Council of 500.
The meeting place of the Assembly was a flat open area.
A group of citizens who were the daily government and could suggest laws or changes
- 15. Multiple Choice
What was the Pnyx?
The meeting place of the Assembly that was a flat open area at the top of a hill.
The person in charge of running the Athenian Courts.
A mini council that was used for emergencies.
A person chosen by lottery to run Athens Council of 500.
- 16. Multiple Choice
What was the Executive Council?
A small group of citizens from the Council of 500 that made a mini council. Was only used for emergencies.
The main decision-making government that all male citizens needed to go to.
A group of citizens who were the daily government and could suggest laws or changes.
The market where people could meet and discuss issues.
- 17. Multiple Choice
What was the Assembly?
The main decision-making government that all male citizens needed to go to.
A group of citizens that were chosen by lottery to make all decisions for Athens.
A person chosen by lottery to run Athens' Council of 500.
A person voted in to run the courts.
- 18. Multiple Choice
Who could participate in the Assembly?
Male citizens that had served their 2 years in the military and were 20 years old.
Male citizens who owned land.
Male citizens who were rich.
Male citizens that had bought land and were over the age of 20.
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