Ancient Greece: Democracy & Ideas — Practice · Grade 6 Social Studies

Chapter: Classical Civilizations & Belief Systems

What this practice covers

By the end of Ancient Greece: Democracy & Ideas you should be able to:

10 questions, written answer, each with a worked explanation.

Vocabulary used: city-state (polis), citizen, democracy, oligarchy, philosophy.

Problem 1

Compare city-states in context. Did every Greek city use Athenian democracy?
Answer and explanation

No. Different city-states and periods had different institutions.

No. Different city-states and periods had different institutions.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 2

Identify who could participate. Did “citizens vote” mean every resident voted?
Answer and explanation

No. Citizenship and eligibility were restricted.

No. Citizenship and eligibility were restricted.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 3

Study ideas through questions. Can one famous philosopher represent every Greek viewpoint?
Answer and explanation

No. Thinkers and communities disagreed and changed.

No. Thinkers and communities disagreed and changed.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 4

Compare institutions without endorsing domination. What category allows a fair Athens–Sparta comparison?
Answer and explanation

Who held power, who participated and who supplied labor, with period-specific evidence.

Who held power, who participated and who supplied labor, with period-specific evidence.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 5

Compare participation and one shared limitation without calling either a modern universal democracy.
Answer and explanation

A has a direct citizen-voting feature and B a more restricted governing body. Both exclude residents from power; an institutional difference does not erase shared coercion or establish modern equal political rights.

A has a direct citizen-voting feature and B a more restricted governing body. Both exclude residents from power; an institutional difference does not erase shared coercion or establish modern equal political rights.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 6

Write a three-sentence museum or atlas label explaining this case. Include what is directly supported, one inference and one limit.
Answer and explanation

A has a direct citizen-voting feature and B a more restricted governing body. Both exclude residents from power; an institutional difference does not erase shared coercion or establish modern equal political rights. The label must identify its evidence and avoid turning a model into an authentic artifact.

A has a direct citizen-voting feature and B a more restricted governing body. Both exclude residents from power; an institutional difference does not erase shared coercion or establish modern equal political rights. The label must identify its evidence and avoid turning a model into an authentic artifact.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 7

A writer claims the supplied case proves the same thing happened everywhere in the Eastern Hemisphere. Repair the scope and identify a useful next comparison.
Answer and explanation

A has a direct citizen-voting feature and B a more restricted governing body. Both exclude residents from power; an institutional difference does not erase shared coercion or establish modern equal political rights. Limit the conclusion to the named evidence; compare a different dated setting using the same categories before widening it.

A has a direct citizen-voting feature and B a more restricted governing body. Both exclude residents from power; an institutional difference does not erase shared coercion or establish modern equal political rights. Limit the conclusion to the named evidence; compare a different dated setting using the same categories before widening it.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 8

Which source or observation would most improve this explanation? Explain the information it could add and a limitation it would still have.
Answer and explanation

No. Citizenship and eligibility were restricted. A useful new source addresses the missing information directly. Explain its provenance, access or scale; do not assume a second source answers every question.

No. Citizenship and eligibility were restricted. A useful new source addresses the missing information directly. Explain its provenance, access or scale; do not assume a second source answers every question.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 9

Using the assigned chapter reader, connect this topic to another named society or period. Give one similarity and one difference using matched categories.
Answer and explanation

Use two specifically located details from the chapter reader and distinguish period, source purpose and scale. Who held power, who participated and who supplied labor, with period-specific evidence.

Use two specifically located details from the chapter reader and distinguish period, source purpose and scale. Who held power, who participated and who supplied labor, with period-specific evidence.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 10

Revise your response to the whole-unit case after checking the fourth teaching part. State exactly what you changed and why.
Answer and explanation

A has a direct citizen-voting feature and B a more restricted governing body. Both exclude residents from power; an institutional difference does not erase shared coercion or establish modern equal political rights. The revision note must quote or reproduce the changed claim and explain its improved accuracy.

A has a direct citizen-voting feature and B a more restricted governing body. Both exclude residents from power; an institutional difference does not erase shared coercion or establish modern equal political rights. The revision note must quote or reproduce the changed claim and explain its improved accuracy.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

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