HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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Question
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Only Athenian men could vote.
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Only citizens of Athens could vote.
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Only the wealthy could vote and hold political positions.
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Only Spartan soldiers could vote.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Only free adult men who were citizens – about 10% of the population – could vote in Athens’ limited democracy. Women, children, slaves, and foreigners were excluded from participating in making political decisions. Women had no political rights or political power.
Detailed explanation-2: -Athenian democracy was a direct democracy made up of three important institutions. The first was the ekklesia, or Assembly, the sovereign governing body of Athens.
Detailed explanation-3: -Athens was not a true democracy, though, as only males who had been born in Athens and who owned property could vote and participate in government. These people were known as citizens. Women, slaves, and foreigners were not considered citizens and could not take part in government.
Detailed explanation-4: -Ostracism (Greek: , ostrakismos) was an Athenian democratic procedure in which any citizen could be expelled from the city-state of Athens for ten years.