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21 Cards in this Set
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Oligarchy |
A form of government controlled by a small privelged group (Rule by few) |
Ex. Dictatorship & Monarcy |
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Representative Democracy |
A type of democracy founded on the principle of elected officals representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy |
Ex. Most modern day democracys |
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Direct Democracy |
A type of government where people directly vote on decisions rather then having representatives |
Ex. Ancient Athens |
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Aristocracy |
A form of government controlled by the minority consisting of those felt to be the best |
Ex. Blake is the fastest sprinter in school so he is the leader of the sprints |
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Democracy |
A form of government that the citizens excersize power to directly or elect representatives from among themselves to form a governing body |
Ex. How most countrys are run right now |
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Tyrants |
Ruler that seize power and govern in a harsh and cruel way |
Ex. President Snow |
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City State |
It is a city that its surrounding territory forms an independent state |
Ex. Ancient Athens, Sparta |
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Slaves (In context of Ancient Athens) |
People owned either privatly or by the city-state |
Ex. Lowest level of ancient Athens social structure |
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Magistrate (In context of Ancient Athens) |
Government officals who work for the court; judge |
The person you bring complaints to that cocern legal matters |
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Metics |
Residents of Athens who had been born outside the city-state |
The middle class of ancient Athens |
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Citizens (Ancient Athens) |
The only members of society who could vote and take part in poltics. This social class held the highest power in ancient Athens and made all the decisions. They were male, free-born people who had Athenian biological parents |
Highest social class |
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Plaintiff |
A person who brings a complaint or accusation about another person to court |
The accuser in court, think the prosecuter |
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Defendant |
A person who is accused of a crime in court |
The accused |
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Athenian (maybe also metic) Women |
This group usually owned at least a couple of slaves, ran the household. They could not leave the house or sell somehing without permission from a male guardian |
The second/third highest social class |
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Bouleuterion |
It was a building in ancient Greece, which housed the council of 500 |
Related to the Boule/Council of 500 |
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Ostracism |
A temporary banishment of a citizen, decided by popular vote |
How people delt with others they didn't like |
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Equality |
His is a valur of Athenian democracy which indicates everyone had the same power to make decisons. Each person was treated the same |
"We're equal" |
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Pnyx hill |
It was the place where the assembly met |
______ met at pnyx hill |
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Assembly |
All citizens had the opportunity to discuss and vote on importent issues here |
How Athens made decisions (not vote/voting) |
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The Court |
This part of Athens set out punishments for crimes in Ancient Athens |
Place |
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The Council of 500 or boule |
This part of the Athenian government was in charge of the day ro dat operations of Athens |
Ex. Like our city council |
