HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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explaining how the different parts worked to allow citizens to participate in government.
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showing flaws in the system of democracy to point out how they led directly to its failure.
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suggesting that democracy could not survive without Cleisthenes to support it.
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illustrating reasons why Athenians changed their system of government.
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Detailed explanation-1: -When a new law was proposed, all the citizens of Athens had the opportunity to vote on it. To vote, citizens had to attend the assembly on the day the vote took place. This form of government is called direct democracy.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ancient Athens developed democracy to a higher level than any other state before modern times. It was the leading cultural innovator of its age. This state is rightly revered for its political and cultural achievements.
Detailed explanation-3: -To be classed as a citizen in fifth-century Athens you had to be male, born from two Athenian parents, over eighteen years old, and completed your military service. Women, slaves, metics and children under the age of 20 were not allowed to become citizens.
Detailed explanation-4: -Cleisthenes of Athens, Cleisthenes also spelled Clisthenes, (born c. 570 bce-died c. 508), statesman regarded as the founder of Athenian democracy, serving as chief archon (highest magistrate) of Athens (525–524).
Detailed explanation-5: -Therefore, Athenian democracy was characterized by direct citizen participation, limited citizenship, democratic institutions such as the Assembly and Council of Athens, public speaking, and a jury system.