Terminology. Boule is a French word for ‘ball’. The small wooden target ball is usually called the jack in English, le but (‘target’) or cochonnet (‘piglet’) in French, or pallino (‘little ball’ or ‘bullet’) in Italian.

The Council of 500 represented the full-time government of Athens. It consisted of 500 citizens, 50 from each of the ten tribes, who served for one year. The Council could issue decrees on its own, regarding certain matters, but its main function was to prepare the agenda for meetings of the Assembly.

◊ When someone is chosen by lot or when people draw lots or (less commonly) cast lots to choose someone, each person in a group takes a small object or a piece of paper from a container. One of the objects or pieces of paper is different from the others, and the person who takes the different one is chosen.

All Athenian citizens had the right to vote in the Assembly, debate, own land and own slaves. All Athenian citizens were expected to have military training, be educated, pay their taxes and serve Athens in times of war….

The government is a direct democracy. The military is an important part of government. Two kings are also the head generals. The assembly is the main body of government….

Answer: Greek democracy created at Athens was direct, rather than representative: any adult male citizen over the age of 20 could take part, and it was a duty to do so….

What were key characteristics of Athenian democracy Power was in the hands of the people and all citizens were equal before the law. Paid juries of citizens heard legal cases and made decisions. Though all citizens were equal, only the wealthy and well-born were likely to serve as jurors or council members….

representative democracy of the United States

Athenian democracy was limited because only a certain group of people could make decisions. In order to be part of the legislature, you had to be a male landholding citizen. Despite this, Athens is still admired as an early model of democracy because they were the creators of it. Most empires used a monarchy to rule.

Athenian direct democracy allowed free male citizens to elect leaders to make laws and American representative democracy does not. American representative democracy allows citizens to elect leaders to shape laws and Athenian direct democracy did not….

Ecclesia. The central events of the Athenian democracy were the meetings of the assembly (ἐκκλησία, ekklesía). Unlike a parliament, the assembly’s members were not elected, but attended by right when they chose.

ordinary citizens of Athens could participate fully in government. How did men who were citizens participate in the democratic government in Athens. They would take part in assembly, council of 500 and the court.

It was a direct democracy. It was a representative democracy. It allowed enslaved people to participate. It limited participation to male citizens who were older than 18….

The creation of colonies, because of the mountains, led to the spread of Greek culture throughout the Mediterranean Sea. The mountains of Greece also acted as barriers to separate different areas. This created regionalism, meaning different cities developed independently of one another.

Terms in this set (3)

• Limited and Exclusive citizenship. citizenship was exclusively for male property owners of Athenian ancestry; there were no concept of equality for all; slaves were more numerous than freeman in Athens.
• Direct Democracy. All citizens directly voted for law making and held gov.
• Ostracism.