Social Chapter 4
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robert_guldenschuh on November 1, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 frescoes | watercolor paintings done on wet plaster |
| shrines | areas dedicated to the honor of gods and goddesses |
| straits | narrow water passages |
| polis | city state |
| citizens | free residents |
| monarchy | a government in which a hereditary ruler exercises central power |
| aristocracy | rule by hereditary landholding elite |
| oligarchy | a form of government in which the power is in the hands of small wealthy elite |
| phalanx | a massive tactical formation of heavily armed foot soldiers |
| democracy | government by the people |
| tyrants | people who gained power by force |
| legislature | lawmaking body |
| alliance | formal agreement between two or more nations or powers to cooperate and to come to one another's defense |
| direct democracy | citizens take part in day to day affairs in the government |
| stipend | fixed salary |
| jury | a panel of citizens who have the authority to make the final judgement in a trial |
| ostracism | voted to be banished |
| philosophers | lovers of wisdom |
| logic | rational thinking |
| rhetoric | the art of skillful speaking |
| tradgedies | plays that told stories of human suffering that ussually ended in disaster |
| comedies | humourus plays that mocked people and customs |
| assassination | the murder of a public figure, ussually for political reasons |
| assimilated | absorbed |
| heliocentric | sun-centered, solar system |
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