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Greece
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| polis | city-state |
| citizen | members of a city-state who had legal rights |
| acropolis | high city, part of the city on a hill |
| aristocracy | a heredity class of rulers |
| oligarchy | political system in which power is held by a small group of people |
| phalanx | a formation of heavily armed foot soldiers who moved together as a unit |
| tyranny | a government run by a strong ruler |
| democracy | rule by the people |
| 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 in government |