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greece
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| direct democracy | government in which citizens take part directly in the day-to-day affairs of government |
| representative democracy | democracy in which people elect representatives to make the nation's laws |
| ephor | man responsible for the day-today operation of the government in Sparta |
| helot | Messenian person forced to work as a lowly farmer by Sparta |
| barracks | military housing |
| oligarchy | government in which a small group of people rule |
| phalanx | greek military formation of heavily foot soldiers who moved together as a unit |
| tyranny | unjust use of power, or in ancient greece a government run by a strong ruler |
| democracy | form of government in which citizens hold political power |
| citizenship | Membership in a state or community which gives person civil and political right and obligations |
| polis | Greek city-state |
| citizen | legal member of a country or city-state |
| acropolis | "high city" in Greek; the upper part of an ancient Greek city, where public buildings and the city's defenses were located |
| politics | art and practice of government |
| aristocracy | hereditary class of rulers, Greek for "rule by the best people |
| military state | society organized for the purpose of wagging ar |