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Athenian Society in the Time of Pericles

ANC-ATH is worth about 25 marks out of 100 in recent HSC Ancient History papers. Practise 12 exam-style questions (multiple choice, short answer) with instant marking and a worked solution for every question.

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Athenian society in the time of Pericles — Attica and the Piraeus, citizens, women, metics and slaves, the democratic institutions, the empire and the economy, religion, festivals and burial, art, architecture, education and marriage, with how to answer the Section II question.

  1. 1What you need to know
  2. 2The evidence
  3. 3Context and sites
  4. 4Social structure and political organisation
  5. 5The economy
  6. 6Religion, death and burial
  7. 7Cultural and everyday life
  8. 8Common mistakes
  9. 9Exam tips
  10. 10Links to other topics
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Example questions

Example 1 · 1 mark · multiple choice

Under Pericles' citizenship law of 451/450 BC, who could be an Athenian citizen?

  1. AOnly men who owned land worth a set minimum
  2. BOnly men whose parents were both Athenian
  3. CAny man whose father was a citizen, whoever his mother was
  4. DAny free man who had lived in Attica for ten years

Example 2 · 1 mark · multiple choice

How was the Athenian boule (council) chosen in the time of Pericles?

  1. ATen generals elected each year by the assembly
  2. BFormer archons who sat for life on the Areopagus
  3. CAll adult male citizens meeting on the Pnyx
  4. D500 citizens chosen by lot, 50 from each tribe

Example 3 · 12 marks · short answer

Explain how the Athenian empire contributed to the wealth and power of Athens in the time of Pericles.

(12 marks)

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