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Midterm - HIST100 | HIST 100 - Western Civilization, Pre-Modern (GT-HI1), Quizzes of Cultural History of Europe

Colorado State University (CSU)Cultural History of Europe

Class: HIST 100 - Western Civilization, Pre-Modern (GT-HI1); Subject: History; University: Colorado State University; Term: Fall 2011;

Typology: Quizzes

2010/2011

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TERM 1
Tyranny
DEFINITION 1
Assemblies are directed by tyrant[Corinth]
overthrew oligarchy
Cypselus (657 BCE) - fair rule
Periander (son) - harsh rule
TERM 2
Oligarchy
DEFINITION 2
Sparta- Two kings (hereitary) - both religiuos and military,
figureheads, army generals
TERM 3
Democracy
DEFINITION 3
Athens
TERM 4
Solon
DEFINITION 4
(594) Athens- DEMOCRATIC REFORM S
forgave debts & debt slavery (selling se lf into slavery if in debt)
made ranking of citizens based on we alth, not birth
confirmed right of poor to sit in assem bly
Council of 400 ---> chosen by lottery
- JUDICIAL REFORM
any male could bring charges on beh alf of victim
right to appeal a magistrate's decision
Areopagus Council ---> decided the m ost important cases
TERM 5
Cleisthenes
DEFINITION 5
c. 500 BCE ------ "Father of Athenian Democracy"- direct
participation of adult citizens- expanded council of 400 to
500- Demes --> neighborhood council; provided voice in
local affairs
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Tyranny

Assemblies are directed by tyrant[Corinth] overthrew oligarchy Cypselus (657 BCE) - fair rule Periander (son) - harsh rule TERM 2

Oligarchy

DEFINITION 2 Sparta- Two kings (hereitary) - both religiuos and military, figureheads, army generals TERM 3

Democracy

DEFINITION 3 Athens TERM 4

Solon

DEFINITION 4 (594) Athens- DEMOCRATIC REFORMS forgave debts & debt slavery (selling self into slavery if in debt) made ranking of citizens based on wealth, not birth confirmed right of poor to sit in assembly Council of 400 ---> chosen by lottery

  • JUDICIAL REFORM any male could bring charges on behalf of victim right to appeal a magistrate's decision Areopagus Council ---> decided the most important cases TERM 5

Cleisthenes

DEFINITION 5 c. 500 BCE ------ "Father of Athenian Democracy"- direct participation of adult citizens- expanded council of 400 to 500- Demes --> neighborhood council; provided voice in local affairs

Cyrus the Great

r. 557-530 BCE- conquered Babylon, 593- military expansion- culturally more tolerant TERM 7

Zoroastrianism

DEFINITION 7 Divine right of the kings- Zarathustra (11th-12th century) -> prophet TERM 8

Radical Democracy

DEFINITION 8

  • direct political power and participation in courts to citizens- direct and selective leadership TERM 9

Socrates

DEFINITION 9 (469-399)- Ethics and justice: maral relativism- Teacher of Critias -> leader of the thirty tyrants- 403 arrests TERM 10

Plato

DEFINITION 10 (429-347 BCE)- political advisor to Dionisus at Syracuse- diciple of Socrates; b/c Socrates's death he thought of democracy as a failure