Ancient civilizations: Greece: dark ages

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

Despot

1. Avarice 2. Franchise 3. Initiative 4. Oligarchy 5. Ostracism 6. Referendum 7. Totalitarian

1. Grred for wealth 2. The right to vote 3. The right of ordinary citizens to intoduce or enact laws on their own by vote 4.government in which a few people hold the ruling power 5. Method of temporary banishment practiced in Athens; now the condition of being shut off deliberately from others in society. 6. Direct vote by citizens on a bill alrwady passed by a lawmaking body. 7. Gorvernment that surpresses all opposition and controls all aspects of peoples lives.

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

Archon

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

Athens and Sparta

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

Cleisthenes

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

Dictatorial

The period in Greece from around 1100-750 B.C. Was one of:

Invasions and migrations.

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

Nazi Germany and Communist Russia.

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

Poor soul for agriculture and overcrowding of city-states.

In Sparta all authority was considered to come from:

The state

T or F? Athens was a limited democracy because some classes did not have full rights.

True