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SS L26 Vocab/ Study Guide Flashcards

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A member of the most powerful class in Ancient Greek society

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Airstocrat

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A group of citizens, in an ancient Greek democracy, with the power to pass laws

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Assembly

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A person who has certain rights and duties in a city-state or nation

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Citizen

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a government in which power is held by the people, who exercise power directly or through elected representatives

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Democracy

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to act in a way that is unfriendly and angry toward a particular person or object

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Hostile

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to knowingly not pay attention to something or someone

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Ignored

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to put a decision or plan into effect

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Implemented

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firmly and repeatedly stating a point of view

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Insisted

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A government in which the ruling power is in the hands of one person

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Monarchy

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a government in which the ruling power is in the hands of a few people

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Oligarchy

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to have to do something based on a rule or command

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Required

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to act or decide in a way that is the opposite of what has been established

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Reversed

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government in which absolute ruling power is held by a person who is not a lawful king

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Tyranny

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Under the rule of the oligarchs, what happened to most of the poor people?

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The poor became poorer

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What was the same throughout the Greek city-states

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They speak the same language

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Ancient Greece communities are called ____.

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City-states

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The lawmaking group in Athens was called the ____ and all ____ could vote in it.

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Assembly, free male citizens

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In times of war the king relied on the _____ for money to raise and supply an army.

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Aristocrats

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In a Monarchy the king has what type of power?

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Absolute power

20
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What idea that is important today came from ancient Athens?

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People should rule themselves like a democracy

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How was Ancient Greek democracy different from democracy in the United States today?

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Ancient Greece had a direct democracy while the US has a representative democracy

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How was democracy in Athens different from other ancient forms of government?

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All citizens shared ruling power

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Why were some tyrants well like?

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Made laws that improved people’s lives

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What time did many city-states come under the rule of tyrants?

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Mid-600s B.C.E until around 500 B.C.E

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In a tyranny, what allowed the leader to rule?

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Military force

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Who would have said these words ( I was in the army when people began to complain about members of the government getting richer while everybody else was getting poorer. So I stepped forward, and with the people’s help, I became a leader.)

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Army leaders/ Tyrants

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Oligarchs were thrown out of power by a partnership between ____

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The army and the poor

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What kinds of laws did the oligarchs pass?

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Laws in favor of the rich

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What might an oligarch do on an ordinary day?

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They might hunt or watch chariot races. They also could host and attend parties

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Which word in English comes from a Greek word meaning “few”?

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Oligarchs

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What happened to the king’s advisers after the king lost power?

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They overtook the king and formed a new government called the oligarchy

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Who belonged to the councils of aristocrats?

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Wealthy men who had inherited a lot of land

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How did most kings in Ancient Greece come to power?

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They inherited it from their parents

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How was it possible that different parts of Greece had different forms of government?

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It was possible of mountains that separated them

35
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Which form of government in a Greek city-state usually came first?

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Monarchy

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