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Part A
Short-Answer Questions
Directions:
Analyze the documents and answer the questions that follow in the space provided.
Document 1
Pericles’ Funeral Oration, given to the Athenians in about 430 BCE
1a. What type of government was Pericles describing? [1]
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1b. Identify two characteristics of Athenian government. [2]
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Our plan of government favors the many instead of the few:
That is why it is called a democracy…
As for social standing, advancement is open to everyone, according to ability. While
every citizen has an equal opportunity to serve the public, we reward our most
distinguished citizens by asking them to make our political decisions. Nor do we
discriminate against the poor. A man may serve his country no matter how low his
position on the social scale.