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Post by Gregory Hewett on May 24, 2011 15:08:38 GMT 5.5
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1. In which form of government do the fewest people share power?
2. How did the geography of Greece lead to the rise of city-states?
3. What was the role of tyrants in the development of democracy in ancient Greece?
4. What is the difference between the usage of the word tyrant to the ancient Greeks and people today.
5. What made democracy in Athens a limited democracy?
6. What were the key factors leading to the rise of tyrants? Explain.
7. Why was the invention of the idea of citizenship important to the development of democracy?
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Post by arya on May 25, 2011 11:48:14 GMT 5.5
1. In which form of government do the fewest people share power?
A: The form of government that had the fewest people share power was monarchy. A monarchy was the earliest form of government in Greece, which is a government ruled by the king or queen who has the supreme power.
2. How did the geography of Greece lead to the rise of city-states?
A: The geography of Greece which led to the rise of the city-states was the geographic boundaries such as mountains, which covered 90% of Greece. Also, the land was the geographic boundaries such as mountains, which covered 90% of Greece. Also, the land was rocky which made the transportation hard on land. Because of that, Greece couldn’t unite under a single government for a long time. That led to the Greece rise of the city- states.
3. What was the role of tyrants in the development of democracy in ancient Greece?
A: The role of tyrants in the development of democracy in ancient Greece was that tyrants helped overthrow the oligarchy. They also showed that if common people unite behind a leader, they could gain the power to make changes. A tyrant in ancient Greece was someone who took power in an illegal way.
4. What is the difference between the usage of the word tyrant to the ancient Greeks and people today.
A: The difference between the usage of the word tyrant today and ancient Greeks were the following: The definition of tyrant in ancient Greece was someone who took power in an illegal way, whereas today the term tyrant means a cruel leader.
5. What made democracy in Athens a limited democracy?
A: A limited democracy was that it didn’t include all the people who lived in the city-state. Only free adult male citizens could take part in the government. Noncitizens, women, and foreigners were not allowed to take part in limited democracies. Athens was one of the largest city-states in ancient Greece. Therefore, there are probably too many citizens in Athens for all of them to take part in the democracy, so instead they make rules to narrow down the amount of people. If most city-states had less than 20,000 residents, than Athens probably has more.
6. What were the key factors leading to the rise of tyrants? Explain.
A: The key factors in leading to the rise of tyrants were because the city-states didn’t allow the poor people to take part in democracies, so they would rebel and support tyrants to lead in the government. Poor people were not allowed to take part in monarchies, aristocracies, and oligarchies. Sometimes, wealthy people who wanted to seize power would make use of the poor people’s anger, and he would ask poor people to support him in becoming a leader.
7. Why was the invention of the idea of citizenship important to the development of democracy?
A: The invention of the idea of citizenship was important to the development of democracy. A citizen was a person who with the right to take part in ruling the city-state. A citizen had to be born to parents who were free citizens. In much of Greece, people of both upper and lower classes were citizens, but only upper-class people had power to take part in governments. The invention of the idea of citizenship made it easier to have democracies. The lower class citizens were asking for a major change to their society, but it doesn’t happen quickly. During the 500s B.C., two leaders who were Solon and Cleisthenes made gradual reforms in Athens that gave people more power.
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Post by danielle on May 25, 2011 11:55:05 GMT 5.5
1. In which form of government do the fewest people share power? The form of government in which the least people ruled is oligarchy. It means “rule by few”. It is similar to aristocracy because in both cases, a minority controls the government. The main difference was the basis for the ruling class’ power. When aristocrats rule, they do so because of their inherited social class. However, in oligarchy, people rule because of wealth or land ownership. In some city-states, oligarchy replaced aristocratic rule. 2. How did the geography of Greece lead to the rise of city-states? Geography separated Greece into two regions. Because of this, basic form of government was the city-state. A city-state is a state made of a city and its surrounding lands. The colonies founded around the Mediterranean were also city-states. City-states became common in Greece in around 700 B.C. Most city-states were very small. Geographic features such as mountains limited their size. Athens and Sparta were the largest city-states; their lands included plains that surrounded center city. Because a city-state was so small, the people who lived there formed a close community. 3. What was the role of tyrants in the development of democracy in ancient Greece? Poor people were not part of oligarchy, monarchy, or aristocracy. Often, the poor became resentful about being shut out of power. At times, they rebelled. Sometimes wealthy people who wanted power made use of that anger. He would ask poor people to support him in becoming leader. In Greece, tyrants were people who seized power illegally. Some tyrants worked to help the poor by creating building programs to provide jobs. Others enacted laws, canceling debts poor people owed. Tyrants played an important part in the development of rule. They also helped overthrow oligarchy and they showed that if commons united behind a leader, they could gain the power to make changes. 4. What is the difference between the usage of the word tyrant to the ancient Greeks and people today? Today, a tyrant is a cruel leader. In ancient Greece, a tyrant was someone who seized power illegally. 5. What made democracy in Athens a limited democracy? In ancient Greece, a citizen was a person who had the right to take part in ruling the city-state. But to be a citizen, you had to be born to parents who were free citizens. Both upper class and lower class were citizens, but only the upper class had power. Athens did not include all who lived in the city-state. Only free adult males were permitted to take part in the politics of the city-state. Women, slaves, and foreigners were not allowed to take part in decisions concerning the city-state. Noncitizens were not allowed to become citizens. This made democracy in Athens a limited democracy. 6. What were the key factors leading to the rise of tyrants? Explain. The key factor leading to the rise of the tyrants was the anger directed at the government from the poor people. The tyrant would ask them to support him in becoming leader. In return, some tyrants worked to help the poor. They would create building programs to provide jobs for the poor and cancel debts the poor owed to the wealthy. 7. Why was the invention of the idea of citizenship important to the development of democracy? The major legacy of ancient Greece was their idea of citizenship. Today a citizen is a person who is entitled to protection by the government and is loyal to the government. To the Greeks, a citizen is a person who had the right to rule the city-state. A citizen had to be born to parents who were free citizens. Both the upper class and lower class were citizens, but only the upper class had power. The lower class started to demand more political power when they realized they could influence the government. In 500 B.C, two leaders named Solon and Cleisthenes gave people more power. Solon prevented revolts by the poor and freed citizens of slavery. He made a law that no citizen could be enslaved. Solon also organized citizens into four classes based on wealth. He allowed all citizens to serve in the assembly and elect leaders. Cleisthenes increased citizen’s power and took power away from nobles and organized citizens into groups based on residence. Any citizen could vote on laws. Subbu ;D Danielle Monet
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Post by hyolin on May 25, 2011 11:55:19 GMT 5.5
1.In which form of government do the fewest people share power? The form of government has the fewest amount of people sharing the power is monarchy. In monarchy, only a king or a queen, called a monarch, could rule the whole city-state. So the rest of the people had to obey the laws that were set down by the monarch. 2. How did the geography of Greece lead to the rise of city-states? The geography of Greece lead to the rise of city-states because the lands divided by mountains or great plains, and because of the limited space, city-states were usually small, and they had less then 20,000 residents. This caused them to form close community. Also, since there are plains around Athens and Sparta, they took control of the plains, making themselves one of the biggest city-states. 3. What was the role of tyrants in the development of democracy in ancient Greece?, The role of tyrants in the development of democracy in Ancient Greece was the establishing of rule by the people and showing the peeple that if they united behind one leader, major changes could be made. The reason that pneople usually followed the leader, tyrant, is because they were poor and they had no power in the government. 4. What is the difference between the usage of the word tyrant to the ancient Greeks and people today. The difference between the usage of the word tyrant today and ancient Greeks is that in ancient Greece, a tyrant is a person who took power illegaly or acted like a king, but not born with royal blood. Tyrants back then asked the poor to help them to gain power . They built programs to provide jobs, and some enacted laws canceling debts of the poor that they owed to the rich. Today, a tyrant means cruel leader. An example is Adolf Hitler. 5. What made democracy in Athens a limited democracy? Democracy in Athens was a limited democracy because only free alult men were allowed to vote and take part in political activities. Women, slaves, and foreigners weren’t counted as a citizens and they weren’t allowed to take part in political activities. 6. What were the key factors leading to the rise of tyrants? Explain. The key factors that lead to the rise of tyrants were the anger of the poor people. Since the poor people couldn’t take part in monarchy, aristocracy, or oligarchy, they sometimes rebelled. The wealthy people who wanted power asked them for help and chanelled their anger against the oligarchy leaders. 7. Why was the invention of the idea of citizenship important to the development of democracy? The invention of the idea of citizenship was important to the development of democracy, because that increased the people who had the right to take part in political activity. Originally in Athens it was a limited democracy where only a free adult males were counted as citizens, and they were the only ones who had the power to take part in the political activities, such as voting. Women, foreigners and slaves weren’t allowed to be citizens and couldn’t take part in any activity that had something to do with politics. Citizenship was mainly for electing leaders and making and voting for laws for a specific city-state. Not anyone can elect a leader, like a foreigner, so that is why citizens were made;mostly to make that person feel special or protected by that city-state’s government. This allowed poor people or people from a lower class to have bigger opportunity to have a higher position in the government. Also, it decreased the power of nobles and rich people. By: [glow=red,2,300] [/glow] and [glow=red,2,300] [/glow]
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