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History Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Plague | a bad disease, often fatal |
| democracy | government chosen by the people |
| monarchy | government by a king |
| oligarchy | few people hold power over a larger group |
| tyrant | leaders who seized power by force |
| alliance | an agreement |
| sanctuary | sacred places used to honor gods |
| agora | a marketplace |
| republic | citizens elect leaders to run their government |
| consuls | leaders elected by a citizen assembly and advised by a senate |
| patricians | members of the small number of wealthy Roman families |
| Plebeians | the bulk of the population- artisans, shop-keepers, and peasents |
| debt bondage | became a servant of the man to whom he owed money, he was like a slave, he would never get the money he needed to regain his freedom |