Oligarchy
What is an oligarchy?
a government in which the ruling power is in the hands of a few people.
What is a monarchy?
a government in which the ruling power is in the hands of one person
What is tyranny?
A form of government that the ruler has absolute or all the power, there are no legal limits to his power.
What is a democracy?
a government in which power is held by the people, who excercise power directly or through elected representatives
What geographical feature is Greece?
peninsula
Whose needs did the oligarchs ignore?
the majority of the people, the poor
What did aristocrats do for the king?
They advised the king
Who supported the tyrant?
The poor and working class
Who shared the ruling power in a democracy in ancient Greece?
citizens
What geographical feature caused the Greek city-states to be isolated?
mountains
What is an aristocrat?
Inherited power and wealth from their families
How did the monarch get his role/power?
He inherited the power.
What is a tyranny also called?
dictatorship
What is every citizen allowed to do in a demoncracy?
vote
What are two products Greeks exported?
olive oil, wine, grain, pottery
When was oligarchy a form of government for most city-states?
800-650 B.C.E.
When was monarchy the form of government in most city-states?
2000 -800 BCE
When was tyranny the form of government in Greek city-states?
mid 600s-500 B.C.E.
What was the lawmaking group in ancient Greece called?
assembly
Who were the two groups of early Greek settlers?
Mycenanaeans and Minoans
What happened to the oligarchs and the poor as they ruled?
The rich got richer and the poor got poorer.
Who overthrew the king?
Many city-states the aristocrats overthrew the king.
What replaced tyranny?
democracy
How are direct democracy and representative democracy different?
Direct: citizens vote on the issues
Representative: citizens vote for people to represent them, then the representative votes on the issue in the assembly.
What stopped people from trading goods?
The invention of money