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Social Studies 2
vocab words unit 4
| word | defintion |
|---|---|
| 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 |