1. Ch 1 Sec 1 The Greek Roots of Democracy

3. Solon Made many needed reforms Opened offices to more citizens
Gave Athenian assembly more say in decisions
Reforms provided greater fairness & justice

4. Pisistratus Seized power by force 546 B.C.
Gave farmers & poor citizens a greater voice
Weakened the aristocracy

5. Cleisthenes Broadened the role of ordinary citizens in gov.
Set up the Council of 500
Made the assembly a genuine legislature (a lawmaking body)

7. Pericles Led a thriving economy & more democratic gov.
Believed all male citizens-regardless of wealth or social class-should take part in gov.
Stressed the rights & duties of individuals as citizens of a democracy
Expressed the earliest & greatest democratic ideals in his “Funeral Oration”

9. Socrates Questioned his fellow citizens about their beliefs
Used a process called “Socratic method” – examine questions to answers
“What is the greatest good”
Believed the unexamined life was not worth living

10. Plato Student of Socrates Set up his own school in Athens
Believed reason led to genuine knowledge
Described his vision of an ideal state in “The Republic”
Rejected Athenian democracy
Believed the state should regulate citizens’ lives
Believed “philosopher kings” should
control the government (BM ?)

11. Aristotle Was Plato’s most famous student Tutor to Alexander the Great
Was Plato’s most famous student
Tutor to Alexander the Great
Favored a constitutional gov. ruled by the middle class
Believed good conduct meant pursuing the “golden mean” (living in the middle?)
Promoted reason as the guiding force for learning
Set up a school for the study of all branches of knowledge (politics, ethics, logic, biology, etc)
(Individual achievement, dignity &
worth are key concept for Western
political thought today from Athens)
BM?

12. “He who trusts any man with supreme power gives it to a wild beast, for such his appetite sometimes makes him: passion influences those in power, even the best of men, but law is reason without desire” Aristotle
Which feature of modern Western democratic government reflects Aristotle’s views as given above?
The direct election of members of the legislature
The power of the courts to review the laws
The granting of emergency powers to the chief leader
The requirement that government actions must adhere to the law
k horrible histories the thinkers

13. Answer
4. The requirement that government actions must adhere to the law

14. CH 1 section1 Review ?’s
Sparta stressed this system vs Athens that glorified this duty…
Who was eligible to take part in Athenian government during the Age of Pericles?
What was the major result of the Peloponnesian War.
To determine why things happened, Greek philosophers uses these 2 items…
What was Alexander's most important contribution to the world?

15. Answers Each answer is worth 4 pts /20
Stern discipline, glorified the individual
All male citizens, regardless of social class
Sparta replaced Athens as Greece’s leading city-state
Reason & observation (know this, BM?)
He preserved and spread Greek values