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Topic 6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| polis | a city state in ancient Greece, |
| citizen | a person who is at home in any country. |
| acropolis | high city |
| politics | art and practice in government |
| aristocracy | the highest class in certain societies, especially those holding hereditary titles or offices. |
| eventual | occurring at the end of or as a result of a series of events; final; ultimate. |
| exclude | keep (something) out of a place. |
| direct democracy | a form of government in which policies and laws are decided by a majority of all those eligible rather than by a body of elected representatives. |
| representative democracy | political system in which citizens of a country or other political entity vote for |
| maintain | cause or enable (a condition or state of affairs) to continue. |
| lecturer | a person who gives lectures, especially as a profession. |
| oligarchy | rule by few |
| phalanx | body of heavily armed infantry |
| tyranny | a government in which all power is in the hands of a single ruler |
| democracy | people power |
| citizenship | a member of the community who legally belonged to a city-state and who had certain political rights. |