Day 1 - The Development of Western Democracy

Homework Questions for Monday 6/15. This homework is due at the beginning of school on Tuesday 6/16.

Vocabulary Map Vocab:
Monarchy
Democracy
Tyranny (Tyrant)
Direct Democracy
Indirect Democracy
Republic
Monotheistic religion
Judaism
Polytheistic Religion
Executive
Legislative
Judicial
Covenant
Morality
Greek Philosophers
Ethics
Plato
Aristotle
Pericles
Dictator
Veto
Common Law
Magna Carta
Parliament
Absolute Monarchy
Common Law
Habeas Corpus
English Bill of Rights
Limited Monarchy
Petition of Rights

Reading Questions:
1. What process took city-states from monarchy to aristocracy and, in Athens, to democracy?
2. How did Pericles make Athens more democratic?
3. What were Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle ideas about democracy?
4. What does Plato say about tyranny in The Republic on pg. 18?
5. According to Aristotle on pg. 19, What does Aristotle say about human beings governing fairly?
6. What lasting principles of law did Romans develop?
7. What important democratic ideas did Judaism promote through its ethical view of the world?
8. How are the Judeo-Christian and democratic traditions linked?
9. How did the English Parliament limit the power of the monarch?
10. Why is the Magna Carta considered a source of traditional democratic principles?
11. Did the English Bill of Rights leave the English Monarch powerless? Explain Why or Why not?
12. Which people, the English or the Athenians, had more democratic rights? To explain your answer think about the following: type of government, who participated in government, and the freedoms each society enjoyed.
13. What are the main historical sources of the democratic tradition?