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Chapter 6 L1-4
Ancient Greece
Term | Definition |
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polis | the Greek name for a city-state |
acropolis | a hill on which the people in a Greek city built their main temple |
aristocrat | a member of the powerful ruling class |
tyrant | a leader who rules by force and not by law |
democracy | the rule by the people |
direct democracy | a type of government in which each citizen votes on everything |
assembly | a meeting |
lottery | a system of picking names from a container so that each person has an equal chance of being chosen |
jury | a group who listens to court cases and decides the outcome |
architecture | the art of building |
enslave | to force people to become slaves |
helot | a slave in Sparta |
patriotic | being loyal toward one's country |