WORLD CIVILIZATION

CIVILIZATION

GREEK

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
To be a citizen in most Greek city-states a person must
A
be foreign-born or native-born man who had to own land.
B
be living in the city-state.
C
be a free, native-born man who owned land.
D
wealthy land owning woman.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Not everyone in Athens was considered a citizen. Only free, adult men enjoyed the rights and responsibility of citizenship. Only about 20 percent of the population of Athens were citizens. Women were not citizens and therefore could not vote or have any say in the political process.

Detailed explanation-2: -In ancient Greece, a metic (Ancient Greek: , métoikos: from , metá, indicating change, and , oîkos ‘dwelling’) was a foreign resident of Athens, one who did not have citizen rights in their Greek city-state (polis) of residence.

Detailed explanation-3: -A Greek Citizen is a person who is duly registered in the Records of a Municipality of the Hellenic Republic. 3. Registration in the Municipal Records of the Hellenic Republic is the legal premise for Greek Citizenship. As such, the Certificate of Registration constitutes legal proof of Greek Citizenship.

Detailed explanation-4: -by descent. by marriage. by military service. by naturalization. through investment. 05-Sept-2022

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