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Monarchy
Oligarchy
Tyranny
Democracy
Vocabulary
100

What is a Monarchy?

What is a type of governenment where one person has all the power?

100

What is a Oligarchy.

What is a type of government in which a small group of wealthy men had all the power?

100

What is a Tyranny.

What is a type of government where one person takes power by force?

100

What is a democracy?

What is a type of government in which citizens have equal power/participate in the government?

100

A class made up of poor Athenians that could not hold office, but could discuss and vote.

What is the definition of thetes?

200
The the leader of the monarchy.
What is a wanax?
200
Oligarchy means.
What is few people to rule?
200
A tyrant who paved the way for the democracy.
Who is Cleisthenes?
200

A Greek leader who took away the debts of the poor farmers.

Who is Solon?

200

A group of free male citizens who would meet and discuss issues and vote on topics. This was the center of Athenian government.

What is the definition of assembly?

300
Who watched over Spartan kings?
What is the ephors
300
Oligarchies were in power.
What is the early sixth century?
300
Tyrants in Ancient Greece were what type of leader. This is different from what is thought of them today.
What is a good leader?
300

Athens wanted to not let anyone have more power than the other people, this is called.

What is seperation of powers?

300

A tribal leader in Ancient Greece.

What is the definition of basileus?

400
One of the first civilizations of Ancient Greece, that had a monarchy.
What is the Myceneans?
400
These people didn't like that the oligarchs had easy lives and more power with them, while they had to work hard and had less power.
Who is the poor Athenians?
400
Why did the poor Athenians like the Tyrants?
What is because they promised them more power and gave them goods.
400
This was a place where males who were free and over eighteen voted.
What is the assembly.
400

A council of 28 Spartans over the age of sixty who were in charge of daily business in Sparta.

What is the definition of gerousia?

500
What powers did Kings of ancient Greece have.
What is making laws, being judges, conducting religious ceramonies and leading the army during wars?
500
Powers the oligarchs have were?
What is managing religous affairs.
500
Who was the first Tyrant of Greece?
Who is Cleisthenes.
500
When was the first leader of Democracy elected?
What is 594 B.C.E.
500

A reform to exclude someone that is a danger from the city-state.

What is the definition of ostracism?