HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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Question
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All residents of Athens had equal political rights.
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Citizens elected representatives to make political decisions.
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All male citizens participated in its decision-making body.
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Sparta was the first city-state to reject rule by a monarch.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Athenian democracy depended on every citizen fulfilling his role. All citizens were expected to vote, but they were also expected to serve in the government if necessary. In Athens, the people governed, and the majority ruled. All citizens had equal rights and powers.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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-4: -Pericles also fostered Athenian democracy to such an extent that critics called him a populist. Pericles was descended, through his mother, from the powerful and historically-influential Alcmaeonid family.
Detailed explanation-5: -However, the only people considered citizens in Athens were males over the age of 18. Women, slaves, and conquered peoples could not vote in the assembly or be chosen to serve on councils.