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.