When all people share power; this is the modern idea of government and politics.
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What is oligarchy?
When a a small group of people who rule a country called oligarchs have all power.
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What is tyranny?
When a person, called a tyrant, seizes power illegally.
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What is monarchy?
When one person, such as a king or queen, holds power in an empire or country.
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What was it called when Athens and Sparta joined together to defeat the Persian Empire?
They became allies.
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Is democracy classified as religious or political?
Political
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What were most oligarchs?
Aristocrats; men that that had inherited land from their families.
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What are the two ways that tyranny is different from monarchy?
1. A tyrant cannot claim that he has a legal right to rule.
2. A tyrant's son does not inherit his father's power.
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What is monarchy ruled by?
One person- the king
200
The Athens and Sparta had many places in ancient Greece. one of the places was the agora. what was the agora??
It was a market place in Ancient Greece.
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Democracy is a form of government in which the ruling power...
... Is in the hands of the people.
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What does oligarch mean in Greece?
It means "few". This meant that they were a few people in power.
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Who are Hipparchus and Hippias?
The last tyrant brothers; two enemies killed Hipparchus. Then Hippias ruled more harshly and was eventually forced to leave power.
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In a monarchy, Greece settlements did not have...
... A queen
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Athens' government was...
Democracy.
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How did democracy help the world and what do people call it today?
It helped the world because it influenced many people, being that all were equal. It is the modern form of government. People call it the "great gift" of Ancient Greece to the modern world.
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What did the oligarchs do that had them thrown out of power?
The oligarchs ignored the needs of most of the people.
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What are tyrants?
Tyrants are people who seize power illegally, and are the people who ruled during the time of tyranny.
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What role does a aristocrat play in a monarchy?
A member of the most powerful class in ancient Greek society.
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The Spartan government was...
Oligarchy.
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Why do you think that Athens had failed all other forms of government?
Because the rulers of all other forms of government had been either overthrown from or forced to leave rule over the country.
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What happened as a result of being under the rule of oligarchs?
The result was that the richer became richer and the poor became poorer.
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Why did tyranny exist and why did it fail?
Tyranny existed because the previous form of government, oligarchy, failed. Tyranny failed because Hippias, the last tyrant, was too harsh and was eventually thrown out of power.
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Was monarchy the fourth, third, second, or first?
It was the first form of government.
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In Athens and Sparta there were many city-states. throughout the city-states in Athens and Sparta, there was something called Peloponnese and it was the...
... peninsula forming the southern part of the mainland of Greece.