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What is the definition of aristocrat? |
a member of the most powerful class in ancient Greek society |
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What is the definition of monarch? |
a single ruler who holds all power in a country or empire |
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What is the definition of monarchy? |
a form of government in which the ruling power is in the hands of one person |
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What is the definition of oligarch? |
one of several people who who rule a country or empire together, sharing the power |
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What is the definition of oligarchy? |
a form of government in which the ruling power is in the hands of a few people |
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What is the definition of tyrant? |
a person who seizes power illegally |
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What is the definition of tyranny? |
a form of government in which the ruling power is in the hands of one person who is not a lawful king |
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What is the definition of democracy? |
a form of government in which the ruling power is shared by all citizens |
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What is the definiton of citizen? |
a member of a democracy, who has certain rights and responsibilities |
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What is the definition of assembly? |
a group of citizens in ancient Greek democracy with the power to pass laws |
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Monarchy: Who has power? |
One person, usually the king or emperor, was the monarch. |
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Monarchy: How is power attained? |
It was inherited from another family member, usually the son, or even the nephew. |
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Monarchy: How are decisions made? |
The king makes the decision, but the aristocrats (rich people) advised him. |
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Monarchy: How was power lost? |
The aristocrats became more powerful, and eventually overthrew the king. |
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Oligarchy: Who has power? |
A few wealthy people called aristocrats. |
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Oligarchy: How is power attained? |
When the aristocrats became more powerful and overthrew the monarch. |
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Oligarchy: How are decisions made? |
The aristocrats made decisions that benefitted the wealthy. |
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Oligarchy: How was power lost? |
All the rules that the aristocrats made benefitted the wealthy, so the poor went and threw them out of power. |
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Tyranny: Who has power? |
One person rules by himself and is not a lawful ruler. |
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Tyranny: How is power attained? |
Power is attained illegally. The ruler overthrew the aristocrats with force. |
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Tyranny: How are decisions made? |
The ruler listened to supporters, but ultimately it was his decision. |
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Tyranny: How was power lost? |
The ruler ruled very harshly and ignored the needs of the people, so the people forced him out. |
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Democracy: Who has power? |
The citizens; free men over the age of eighteen. |
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Democracy: How is power attained? |
When the tyrant was overthrown, the people decided they would rule themselves. |
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Democracy: How are decisions made? |
All citizens helped make decisions by voting. |
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Democracy: How was power lost? |
Because of problems, most city-states returned to earlier forms of government. |
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Democracy: Additional info |
- Direct democracy began in athens, and everyone had to vote on everything - Representative democracy in the USA, people vote for person to decide on things in their name |
