THE RISE OF DEMOCRATIC IDEAS- THE LEGACY OF ANCIENT

GREECE AND ROME1. Copy Previewing Main Ideas Power and Authority- page 2.
2. Copy Previewing Main Ideas- Cultural Interaction- page 2
and do the Geography Question.
3. A. Copy Sec 1 Title. B. What do you think Legacy means?
4. A. Copy Sec 1 Main Idea. B. What do you think Democracy
means?
5. A. Copy Sec 1 Why It Matters Now. B. What do you think
Representation means?
6. Read Setting the Stage- A. Why do you think people
recognized the need for a system for exercising Authority
and control in their society? ( In other words- what were
possible benefits and consequences for doing that?)
7. A. What characteristic of Government was common among
people who lived in large groups? B. why do you think that
was so? ( In other words, What living conditions/way of life
contributed to that?)
8. Define- A. Government B. Monarchy C. Aristocracy D.
Oligarchy
E. Democracy.
9. In general- What are Monarchy, Aristocracy, Oligarchy and
Democracy?
10.
Read Government on page 6- Write a question for
each sentence- (5)
11.
Read Building Democracy and Reforms of SolonWhat was the point of Solons reforms? (In other words- what
in general did the reforms allow for? And provide one
example to support that thought.
12.
A. even after Solons reforms- What fraction of the
population could participate in government? B. Who did
Athenian law deny citizenship to? C. What percent were
slaves? D. What percent do you think were women? E. So,
approximately what percent were Foreign Residents?
13.
Summarize- In general- Why is Cleisthenese considered
the Father of democracy in Athens?

14.
A. What advantage (benefit) do you think was created
by choosing council members at random? B. What problem
(consequence) do you think was created by choosing council
members at random?
15.
What percent of Athenian residents were allowed to
participate due to Cleisthenes?
GREEK DEMOCRACY CHANGES16. A. How did Pericles
strengthen democracy? B. How did that strengthen democracy?
17. Define Direct Democracy.
18. Why did Pericles say their constitution was a Democracy?
19. Did the whole people have access to power? Explain briefly.
GREEK PHILOSOPHERS20. What did the great thinkers use, and what did they study?
21. What were their 2 assumptions?
22. A. What had allowed Democracy to flourish/grow in Greece?
B. Whats the connection between that and Democracy
flourishing?
23. Who was the first great Greek philosopher? What did he
encourage? Sound familiar?
24. What does the Socratic Method use?
25. A. Who was Socrates greatest student? B. What is his most
famous work called? C. What is the topic of it? D. What was his
point?
26. A. Who was Platos student? B. What did he study? C. What
was the title of his famous work? D. What did he say? E. What do
you think that means?
THE LEGACY OF ANCIENT GREECE-

27. A. Natural Laws what are they? B. What did the Greeks
use to discover them? C. What do you think people used to
explain those types of things previously/before the Greeks?
28. A. Why do think the Greeks did not want to be ruled by
Authoritarian rulers like all people before them? (what
contributed/motivated them to wasnt change?) B. So what did
they develop? C. Why? D Relate to why we study this. E. What
else did the Greeks develop? Whats one place where that is
used?