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Acropolis: "High city" in Greek: the upper part of an Ancient Greek city, where public buildings and the city's defenses were located.
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Agora: A large public meeting place in the center of the town.
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Aristocracy: hereditary class of rulers, Greek for "rule by the best people". (high class)
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Barracks: A building or group of buildings used to house soldiers. Also known as military housing.
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Citizen: Legal member of a country or a city-state.
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Democracy: Comes from two Greek words: demos, meaning "people," and kratos, meaning "rule." Democracy meant "rule by the people."
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Direct Democracy: Government in which citizens take part directly in the day-to-day affairs of government.
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Hellenistic: The form of Greek culture that emerged after Alexander's conquest.
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Helot: Messenian person forced to work as a lowly farmer by Sparta. (lowest class/rebelled against the government).
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Helots were treated harshly so.....: the helots revolted (rebelled). Sparta stopped it but has been preparing for another one since then.
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Metic: A foreigner living in Athens (non-citizens)
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Monarchy: "rule by one"
the king has absolute power.
the king makes all the decisions.
their power is inherited.
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Oligarchy: "rule by few"
Power held by a group of aristocrats (highest class) decisions made by the councils of aristocrats.
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Polis: A city-state in Ancient Greece
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Representative Democracy: Democracy in which people elect representatives to make the nation's laws.
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Sparta had little fertile farmland so.......: they conquered their neighbors and helots were forced to farm for Sparta.
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Spartans lived in fear of another helot rebellion so.......: Sparta became a military state.
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Tenant Farmer: A person who farms rented land. (low class)
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Tyranny: is a "ruler who governs in a harsh way."
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Tyrant: One who assumes ultimate power by force.
