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The word democracy comes from Greek dêmos and krátos. What does dêmos mean?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Athenian reformer is called the father of Athenian democracy?Read the answer and worked solution →Under Cleisthenes, the first example of democracy was set up in which Greek city-state?Read the answer and worked solution →Athenian democracy was mainly which type of democracy?Read the answer and worked solution →

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The word democracy comes from Greek dêmos and krátos. What does dêmos mean?

  1. Common people
  2. Ruling elite
  3. City walls
  4. Military power
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Correct answer: A. Common people

1. Democracy joins two Greek words, dêmos and krátos. 2. Dêmos means the common people, and krátos means force or might, so democracy is rule of the people. 3. Elite is the meaning linked to aristocracy, not to dêmos. _Source: Wikipedia, Democracy, Greece and Rome_

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Which Athenian reformer is called the father of Athenian democracy?

  1. Cleisthenes
  2. Draco
  3. Pericles
  4. Solon
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Correct answer: A. Cleisthenes

1. Athens set up an early form of democracy in the sixth century BC. 2. That reform is credited to Cleisthenes, who is called the father of Athenian democracy. 3. Solon, Pericles and Draco are other Athenian figures but are not given this title. _Source: Wikipedia, Democracy, Greece and Rome_

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Under Cleisthenes, the first example of democracy was set up in which Greek city-state?

  1. Athens
  2. Corinth
  3. Thebes
  4. Sparta
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Correct answer: A. Athens

1. The term democracy first appeared in Greek thought in one city-state. 2. Cleisthenes established the first democracy there in 508 to 507 BC, in Athens. 3. Sparta had an assembly, but it is not the city of Cleisthenes. _Source: Wikipedia, Democracy, Greece and Rome_

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