Inquiry

Consider these questions during your inquiry:

  1. What is a city-state in Ancient Athens?
  2. What was a tyrant in Ancient Athens?
  3. What were three problems in Ancient Athens (economic, social, political) that allowed democracy to develop?
  4. What was the Areopagus and Archon system? Explain.
  5. What impact did Solon have on the development of democracy?
  6. How did democracy develop in Ancient Athens? Identify five key points.
  7. What was Cleisthenes’s idea of ostracism and how did it work?
  8. Why was Ephialtes’ idea of dividing power between the Boule, Ecclesia, and Courts a good idea?
  9. What is direct democracy?
  10. Why was the Spartan oligarchic system less stable than the Athenian democratic system of government?

Resources for Inquiry


  1. Textbook
      • Read pages 56 and 57.

  2. Library Books
      • Look for information about politics or city-states in books about ancient Greece or Athens.

  3. Websites

Notebook


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