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Voting for Athens

History · Ancient Greece & Rome · ages 7-9
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. Who could vote in the Athenian Assembly?

    • All adults who had lived in Athens for many years
    • Free adult men with Athenian citizenship
    • Only men from the single richest Athenian family

  2. How did eligible citizens take part in the Athenian Assembly?

    • They debated and voted on city plans
    • They asked a king to make every city decision
    • They let foreign visitors make every city decision

  3. Women were allowed to vote in the Athenian Assembly.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. In an imagined Assembly vote, 8 citizens support a temple plan and 5 oppose it. The side with more votes wins. What happens?

    • The temple plan wins because more voters support it
    • The temple plan loses because fewer voters oppose it
    • The temple plan ties because both sides have equal votes

  5. Which person meets the voting rule taught in this lesson?

    • An enslaved adult worker living in Athens
    • A free foreign resident who was born in Athens
    • A free adult Athenian male citizen

  6. Athenian democracy influenced later ideas about government.

    Circle one:   True   False

  7. Many democracies today elect representatives to make decisions. What did eligible citizens in the Athenian Assembly do differently?

    • They chose a king to vote for every citizen
    • They allowed every resident to vote on city plans
    • They voted on city plans themselves

  8. Leo is a young boy. His father is a free adult Athenian citizen. His mother also lives in Athens. Who could vote in the Assembly?

    • All three, because they lived in Athens together
    • His father, but neither Leo nor his mother
    • Leo and his mother, but not his adult father
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  1. Free adult men with Athenian citizenship · Voters had to be free adult male Athenian citizens. Residence alone was not enough.
  2. They debated and voted on city plans · Eligible citizens discussed city plans and voted in the Assembly.
  3. False · Women were excluded from voting in the Assembly.
  4. The temple plan wins because more voters support it · Eight is more than five, so the temple plan has more votes and wins.
  5. A free adult Athenian male citizen · The adult male citizen meets the rule. Enslaved people and foreign residents could not vote; birthplace alone was not enough.
  6. True · Athenian democracy was an early example that influenced later thinking about government.
  7. They voted on city plans themselves · Assembly voters took part directly in city decisions instead of choosing representatives to decide those questions for them.
  8. His father, but neither Leo nor his mother · His father meets the voting rule. Leo is too young, and women were excluded.
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