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Greece Voc
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| polis | a city-state |
| citizen | a member of a city-state who enjoys legal rights |
| acropolis | the high hill in a city-state where public buildings and temples were located |
| politics | the art and practice of government |
| aristocracy | a hereditary class of rulers |
| tenant farmer | a person who paid rent, either in money or crops, to grow crops on somebody else’s land |
| metic | a resident foreigner |
| slavery | the ownership and control of other people as property |
| military state | a society organized for the purpose of waging war |
| barracks | military housing |
| citizenship | membership in a community |
| direct democracy | political system in which citizens participate directly in decision making |
| representative democracy | a political system in which citizens elect others to represent them |
| oligarchy | a government in which a small number of people hold political power |
| phalanx | a formation of heavily armed foot soldiers who moved together as a unit |
| tyranny | a government run by one strong leader |
| democracy | a government run by many people |
| authority | people in power |
| innovation | a new way of doing things |