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Ancient Greece Part1
Term | Definition |
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bureaucracy | non-elected officials of a government that carry out rules, law, and ideas in order to organize an manage people, resources, and territory |
city-state | a city that, with its surrounding territory, forms and independent state |
colony | a group of people living in a new territory who has ties to their homeland; the new territory itself |
cultural diffusion | the spreading of culture from one people to another |
democracy | a government by the people |
direct democracy | a form of democracy in which all citizens can participate first-hand in the decision-making process (Example: ancient Greece) |
empire | an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority |
oligarchy | a government in which a small group has control |
philosopher | a person who searches for wisdom or enlightenment |
polis | a Greek city-state |
representative democracy | a form of democracy in which citizens elect officials to govern on their behalf (Example: United States) |
tyrant | an aboslute ruler unrestrained by law |