Athens & Rome Citizenship Mini-Q

Background Essay Questions

1. What two Mediterranean societies are being compared? During what approximate time period?

2. The essay says that citizenship often strikes a balance between rights and responsibilities. Give an

example of a citizen's rights and an example of his or her responsibilities.

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3. What point was being made by the Athenians Pericles and Aristotle when they used the words

"useless" and "beast"?

4. What was the difference in population and area between the city-state of Athens and the

Roman Republic?

5. Can you make a logical guess how size might affect a nation's willingness to grant citizenship?

answer:    

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explanation:

affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.

employers subject to title vii are prohibited from taking race or sex into account in any employment decisions. aa is a penalty for having any job group substantially statistically "underutilized" in any race or either sex. the employer must take steps to eliminate the underutilization, then stop, ending its aa efforts

the quote by walter cronkite contributes to the central idea of the text by supporting the central idea. cronkite argues that what is deemed “right” for and in america may not be good for other countries. this supports the central idea of the text, that the vietnam war was unpopular in america for multiple reasons- including cronkite’s.