A City That Voted: teacher key

Ancient Greece, grade 5 edition, written for 5th grade. In Athens, citizens voted and builders raised the Parthenon. Greece also gave us the Olympic Games, and later the marathon.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What did the Greeks call a city-state?
   • An ostrakon
   • A polis (answer)
   • A marathon
2. Who could vote in the Athenian Assembly?
   • All adults in Athens
   • Only foreigners
   • Men who were citizens, aged 18 or over (answer)
3. How were members of the council of 500 chosen?
   • By lot, which is by chance (answer)
   • By a race
   • By a test of strength
4. What was written on an ostrakon?
   • A law
   • A recipe
   • The name of a citizen to send away (answer)
5. What is odd about the Parthenon?
   • It has no roof
   • It has no straight lines (answer)
   • It has no marble
6. What did a winner at the Olympics get?
   • A wreath of olive leaves (answer)
   • A gold cup
   • A horse

Words

• polis: Greek city-state
• democracy: rule by citizens
• ostracism: sending away
• wreath: ring of leaves
• marathon: long race