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Chapter 6 L1-4
Ancient Greece
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| polis | the Greek name for a city-state |
| acropolis | a hill on which the people in a Greek city built their main temple |
| aristocrat | a member of the powerful ruling class |
| tyrant | a leader who rules by force and not by law |
| democracy | the rule by the people |
| direct democracy | a type of government in which each citizen votes on everything |
| assembly | a meeting |
| lottery | a system of picking names from a container so that each person has an equal chance of being chosen |
| jury | a group who listens to court cases and decides the outcome |
| architecture | the art of building |
| enslave | to force people to become slaves |
| helot | a slave in Sparta |
| patriotic | being loyal toward one's country |