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Social Studies 2
vocab words unit 4
word | defintion |
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polis | 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 rules |
tenant farmer | a person who paid rent either withi money or crops to grow crops on someones 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 | a political system in which citizens participate directly in decision making |
representative democracy | a political system in which citizens elect others to represent them |
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 |