History - Legacy of Ancient Greece & Rome
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18 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Government | A system of controlling society |
| Oligarchy | Ruled by a small group, based on wealth and ruling group controls military |
| Aristocracy | Ruled by nobility, rule is inherited and social status and wealth support ruler's authority. |
| Monarchy | Ruled by Kings or Queens, rule by heredity and some claim divite right (God chose them to rule). |
| Direct Democracy (definition) | State ruled by its citizens, based on citizenship and majority rules. |
| Direct Democracy (race) | What the Greeks wanted in governmnet. |
| Reason | What Greek philosophers use. |
| What Greek philosophers believed | The universe is put together in an orderly way, subject to absolute and unchanging laws. People can understand through logic and reason. |
| Legacy of Greeks | Government with 3 branches and citizens participate and philosophy. |
| Republic (definition) | Form of government in which power is in the citizens and they elect leaders. |
| Republic (race) | What Rome wanted in government. |
| Twelve Tables | 1st written laws for Rome (based upon reason) |
| Republican Government | Senate plus 2 assemblies (Rome) |
| Proven guilty | (Roman Law) Innocent until... |
| accuser rather than the accused. | Proof rested with the ___ than the ___(Rome) |
| set aside | Any law unfair can be (Rome) |
| held people accountable | Rome's legal code |
| Legacy of rome | Republic and Laws and Legal code applied to all people. |
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