Government and Economics Unit 4 Quiz 1: A Primitive Government Primer

The republic was also known as a socialist government.

False

The rivalries between the city-states had no redeeming value whatsoever.

False

Solon

In 594 B.C.he is chosen as an Athenian statesman with reformation powers

Diotrephes

John gave us the example of dealing with disorder when he addressed the problem of this man

One of the foundational rules for any government is to have a goal.______is the reference that tells us Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

Proverbs 29:18

Mark the statement that is NOT true.

Sparta's main strength was in its navy.

city-states

The ancient power structures which were cities that were fortified into independent units of strength

A socialist form of government is where the goods and services are equally shared, and the political power is distributed among the people.

True

At first the details of procedure of the Twelve Tables were restricted to a body of patrician leaders.

True

The democracy of Greek city-states was limited in that no women or slaves could vote.

True

governor

a leader of the empire who collected the taxes and sent the money back to Rome

accountable

being answerable to others

"direct democracy"

first name given to the Greek democracy

sustenance

food and drink; necessary foods in order to stay alive

The beginnings of democracy were seen in______a little more than 400 years before Jesus walked the streets of Jerusalem.

greece

Hannibal

leader of the Carthaginians

tribunes

leaders within the Concilium Plebis

nobles

lofty, financially well-to-do citizens who carried much power within the community

patricians

members of Rome's richest and most important families

A small group of aristocratic-type men in leadership is known as a(n)______.

oligarchy

citizen assembly

one of two houses of the early Roman republic which consisted of regular middle-class male citizens of Rome

To obtain political rights,______formed their own assembly, called Concilium Plebis.

plebians

tyrants

power-hungry militants who grabbed absolute control by force

assembly

set the rules and maintained authority within the city-state

decimate

to reduce the amount in blocks or sizeable amounts

Cleisthenes

wrote the proposal that opened up the voting rights to all free adult men in 508 B.C.

Mark the statements which are TRUE.

-In Rome, only men with money and property could vote. -In Greece all free men were allowed to vote. -In the Roman Senate, the most powerful part of the government, all senators were patricians.

What TWO are mentioned as necessary daily contributions to the population?

-Production -Sustenance

Choose the five sentences that are the basic essentials of leadership.

-Safety is a priority. -Leadership is needed. -Production and sustenance should be provided daily. -The government should have a goal. -Law and order should be maintained.

Nobles overthrew most of the city-state monarchs by

750 B.C.

Choose the answer that is a TRUE statement.

A dominating nation with extensive territories and a powerful ruler such as Rome's is known as an empire.