World History unit 2 lesson 5

The two most important Greek city-states between 700 and 500 B.C. were:

Athens Sparta

Two modern states characterized by Spartan suppression of the individual are:

Nazi Germany Communist Russia

An administrator appointed by the Athens Council was called a(n):

archon

The Greek ruler who changed the basis of representation from families to territories was

cleisthenes

A person who came to power outside of constitutional means was known as a(n):

despot

The powers Solon was given to control the arguing factions of Athens are called:

dictatorial

referendum

direct vote by citizens on a bill already passed by a lawmaking body

oligarchy

government in which a few people hold the ruling power

totalitarian

government that suppresses all opposition and controls all aspects of people's lives

avarice

greed; desire for wealth

ostracism

method of temporary banishment practiced in Athens

The period in Greece from around 1100 to 750 B.C. was one of:

migrations invasions

Two causes for Greek colonization and expansion throughout the Mediterranean were:

poor soil for agriculture overcrowding of city-states

initiative

the right of ordinary citizens to introduce or enact new laws on their own by vote

franchise

the right to vote

In Sparta all authority was considered to come from

the state

True or False Athens was a limited democracy because some classes did not have full rights.

true