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Studyguide for Test: Early Political Thought

Helpful Hints: The test will be multiple choice, matching, true/false, and fill-in-the blank. There may be a short answer question on the test. . In order to prepare for this test I recommend that you look over your notes, review any handouts given to you in class, re-read the sections in the textbook assigned. Below you will find a list of topics, concepts, vocabulary terms, and people that may be on the test. Good luck!

Democracy

Autocracy

Aristocracy

Oligarchy

Hammurabi

12 Tables

Spartans

Peloponnesian War

Polis

Cleisthenes

Pericles

Philosopher

Socrates

Plato

Aristotle

What is the meaning of the Allegory of the Cave?

Go over your worksheet that compares the “Allegory of the Cave” with the Matrix

How did the decision to increase the number of paid officials and jurors affect democracy in Athens?

Athenian Assembly

Ostracism

Describe the Greek concept of citizen

How were Athenian government officials chosen?

How was Greece different from the previous great civilizations?

How did the Athenians get all of the citizens to attend meetings of the Assembly?

Direct Democracy

Republic

Plebeians

Patricians

Consuls

Senate

Roman Assembly

Dictator

Feudalism

Magna Carta

Edward I (Longshanks and Hammer of the Scots)

Great Council

Model Parliament

Divine Right

Charles I

Petition of Right

English Civil War

Roundheads

Cavaliers

Oliver Cromwell (Lord Protector)

Charles II

Habeas Corpus Act

James II

Glorious Revolution

William and Mary

English Bill of Rights

Consitutional Monarchy

Thomas Hobbes

John Locke

Queen Elizabeth I

Baron de Montesquieu

Jean Jacues Roussea

Louis XIV

Example of a possible Short Answer Question:

Who was the most significant person/Event in the development of democracy from 508 B.C. to 1689 A.D.? Explain.