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11 Cards in this Set
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CITY-STATE
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Independent, self-governing units. Each city-state included a city and the territory surrounding they city
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DEMOCRACY
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To put the power ti make decisions into the hands of the people
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MONARCHY
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A system of government in which a king rules over a group of people
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OLIGARCHY
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The system of government in which a few people hold power over a larger group
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TYRANT
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Greeks called a leader who seized power by force and ruled the city-state single handedly
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BARTER
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A system people exchanged one type of product such as grain
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SANCTUARY
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Greeks build sacred places called sanctuary
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COMEDY
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Funny plays
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TRAGEDIES
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Sad stories in which the hero was brought to ruin by a flaw in his character
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EPHOR
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Five government leaders elected by the assembly
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HELOT
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State slaves assigned to a particular plot - farmed the land
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