Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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A system of government in which
the people elect representatives to make the laws for them
a. | aristocracy | c. | republican | b. | oligarchy | d. | dictatorship |
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Some important principles of
_____ law are:
* All citizens had the right to equal treatment under the law
* A person is
considered innocent until proven guilty
* The burden of proof rests with the accuser rather than
the accused
* Any law that seems unreasonable or unfair can be set aside
a. | Roman | c. | Spartan | b. | Greek | d. | Islamic |
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Who came up with the idea that
a person is a citizen of the state rather than the subject of a ruler?
a. | Greece and
Islam | c. | Greece and
Persia | b. | Rome and Persia | d. | Greece and Rome |
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Matching
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a. | Justinian | g. | Solon | b. | Cleisthenes | h. | Senate | c. | Romans | i. | city
states | d. | aristocracy | j. | Twelve Tablets | e. | Pericles | k. | direct democracy | f. | government | l. | republic |
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Greek civilization began as
separate _____
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At first Athens was governed
by a _____
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_____ initiated policies of
political reform, including the determination of class of citizenship according to income rather than
heredity.
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Partly because he allowed all
citizens to propose laws to the Athenian assembly, _____ is regarded as the founder of democracy in
Athens.
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_____ strengthened Athenian
democracy by increasing the number of paid public officials which allowed poorer citizens to serve in
the government.
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The _____ learned about Greek
democracy when they defeated the Greeks in a war for control of the Italian
peninsula.
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Greece had a _____ which
allowed all citizens to participate in the decision-making of government,
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Like the Athenians, the Romans
established a government made up of separate branches, including a ____, which controlled foreign and
financial policies
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The Romans demonstrated their
respect for the democratic principles of justice and reason by adhering to written laws known as the
_____.
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Rome’s early written
laws were expanded by _____ into a legal code which has had a profound impact on the laws of most
Western countries
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the Romans set up a _____, in
which citizens chose representatives to make the decisions
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Each Greek city state had is
own system of _____
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a. | oligarchy | d. | monarchy | b. | democracy | e. | government | c. | aristocracy |
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a government ruled by a few
powerful people
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a system for controlling
people
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a government ruled by a small
group of noble, land-owning families
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rule by the
people
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rule by a single person or
king
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