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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what are citizen | Citizenship is the status of a person recognized under the custom or law as being a legal member of a sovereign state or belonging to a nation. |
| what are politics | Politics refers to a set of activities associated with the governance of a country, or an area. |
| what are aristocracy | the highest class in certain societies, especially those holding hereditary titles or offices |
| what is slavery | Slavery is any system in which principles of property law are applied to people, allowing individuals to own, buy and sell other individuals, as a de jure form of property. |
| what is democracy | Democracy is a system of government where the citizens exercise power by voting. |
| what is direct democracy | Direct democracy or pure democracy is a form of democracy in which people decide on policy initiatives directly. |
| what is representative democracy | Representative democracy is a type of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy |
| what is helot | The helots were a subjugated population group that formed the main population of Laconia and Messenia, the territory controlled by Sparta. |
| what is the military of state | Forces are the military forces of the United States of America. It consists of the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard. |
| what are barracks | A barracks is a building or group of buildings built to house soldiers. The English word comes via French from an old Catalan word "barraca", originally referring to temporary shelters or huts for various people and animals |
| what is the battle of marathon | The Battle of Marathon took place in 490 BC, during the first Persian invasion of Greece. It was fought between the citizens of Athens, aided by Plataea, and a Persian force commanded by Datis and Artaphernes. |
| what is the battle of salamis | The Battle of Salamis was a naval battle fought between an alliance of Greek city-states under Themistocles and the Persian Empire under King Xerxes in 480 BC which resulted in a decisive victory for the outnumbered Greeks. |
| what is delian league | The Delian League, founded in 478 BC, was an association of Greek city-states, with the number of members numbering between 150 and 330 under the leadership of Athens, whose purpose was to continue |
| what is peloponnesian league | The Peloponnesian League was an alliance in the Peloponnesus from the 6th to the 4th centuries BC, dominated by Sparta. It is known mainly for being one of the two rivals in the Peloponnesian War, against the Delian League, which was dominated by Athens. |
| who is Alexandria | is believed to have been founded by Alexander the Great in April 331 BC as Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexandreia). Alexander's chief architect for the project was Dinocrates |
| what is hellenistic | The Hellenistic period covers the period of Mediterranean history between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the emergence of the Roman Empire |
| what is polytheism | Polytheism is the worship of or belief in multiple deities, which are usually assembled into a pantheon of gods and goddesses, along with their own religions and rituals. |
| what is mythology | a collection of myths, especially one belonging to a particular religious or cultural tradition. |
| what are the olympic games | The modern Olympic Games or Olympics are leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. |
| what is socratic method | The Socratic method, also known as method of elenchus, elenctic method, or Socratic debate, is a form of cooperative argumentative dialogue between individuals, |
| what is hypothesis | A hypothesis is a proposed explanation for a phenomenon. For a hypothesis to be a scientific hypothesis, the scientific method requires that one can test it. |
| what is hippocratic oath | The Hippocratic Oath is an oath historically taken by physicians. It is one of the most widely known of Greek medical texts. In its original form, it requires a new physician to swear, by a number of healing gods, to uphold specific ethical standards. |
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