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22 Cards in this Set
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mainland |
area that is part of a continent |
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polis |
city - state |
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citizens |
meet to make laws and discuss issues |
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acropolis |
word meaning high - city |
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agora |
market place |
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politics |
the arts and practices of the government |
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aristocracy |
a hereditary class of rules |
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tenant farmers |
people who pay rent in either money or crops to grow on another person's land |
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thetes |
tenant farmers |
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metics |
resident aliens |
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slavery |
ownership and control of other people as property |
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oligarchy |
type of government |
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phalanx |
formation of heavily armed foot soldiers who move as a unit |
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tyrannies |
government run by strong rulers |
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democracy |
ruled by the people |
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citizenship |
membership in a community |
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direct democracy |
political system were citizens make a direct decision |
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representative democracy |
citizens elect others to represent them in government |
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ephor |
responsible for the day to day operation of the government |
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helot |
messenians who were ruled by Spartans |
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military state |
society organized |
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barracks |
military housing |
