alleryUnder Cleisthenes, the first example of democracy was set up in which Greek city-state?
AAthens
BCorinth
CThebes
DSparta
Answer & Solution
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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