The Road to Democracy Development of Governments in Ancient Athens

Directions: Use the interactive website to answer the questions below. All questions must be answered in your own words.

1. 
   Why did government vary from place to place? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
   
2. 
   Click on the “city-states” link and read about each city-state. Write down two things you learned about your own city-state below.
   

3. 
   What was the first form of government in ancient Athens? Why didn’t this form of government last?
   

4. 
   What is an Oligarchy? Why do you think oligarchies did not last in ancient Athens?
   

5. 
   What did we call the new leaders and forms of government after oligarchies?
   

6. 
   What do you think the problem with tyranny was?
   

7. 
   What does democracy mean? What is the difference between direct democracy and indirect democracy? What type of democracy did Athens have?
   

8. 
   What does citizenship mean? What is process by which people become U.S. citizens?
   

9. 
   How has democracy changed since the days of the Athenians?
   

10. 
    On a separate sheet of paper, write a letter to Kressides explaining what you have learned from today’s lesson. You should have at least 3 examples of the main ideas presented to you today. Make sure you explain how democracy has changed since the days of the ancient Athenians. Also, Follow proper letter format.