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Lesson 24/25 Flashcards

1
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An arm of the Mediterranean sea, east of Greece

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Aegean Sea

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2
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a settlement under the control of a usually distant country

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Colony

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3
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to get an opinion and information from someone

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Consulting

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4
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to take part in something, such as a game or activity

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Participate

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5
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a body of land that is surrounded on three sides by water

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Península

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6
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a member of the most powerful class in ancient Greek society

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Aristocrat

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7
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a group of citizens, in an ancient Greek democracy, with the power to pass laws

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Assembly

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8
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person who has certain rights and duties in a city-state or nation

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Citizen

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9
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A government in which power is held by the people, who exercise power directly or through elected representatives

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Democracy

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10
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to act in a way that is unfriendly and angry toward a particular person or object

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Hostile

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11
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to knowingly not pay attention to something or someone

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Ignored

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12
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firmly and repeatedly stating a point of view

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Insisted

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13
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a government in which the ruling power is in the hands of one person

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Monarchy

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14
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a government in which the ruling power is in the hands of a few people

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Oligarchy

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15
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To act or decide in a way that is the opposite of what has been established

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Reversed

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16
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government in which absolute ruling power is held by a person who is not a lawful king

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Tyranny

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17
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to have to do something based on a rule or command

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Required

18
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to put a decision or plan into effect

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Implemented

19
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to depend on something or someone

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Relief

20
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They got poorer

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Under the rule of the oligarchs, what happened to most of the poor people?

21
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They all spoke the same language

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What was the same throughout the Greek city-states?

22
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City states

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Ancient Greece communities are called ____.

23
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Assembly and all free men

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The lawmaking group in Athens was called the ____ and all ____ could vote in it.

24
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Aristocrats

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In times of war the king relied on the _____ for money to raise and supply an army.

25
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Absolute

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In a Monarchy the king has what type of power?

26
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Democracy

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What idea that is important today came from ancient Athens?

27
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Direct

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How was Ancient Greek democracy different from democracy in the United States today?

28
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All citizens shared ruling power

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How was democracy in Athens different from other ancient forms of government?

29
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Made laws that improved peoples lives

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Why were some tyrants well liked?

30
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Mid 600’s

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What time did many city-states come under the rule of tyrants?

31
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Popularity and force

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In a tyranny, what allowed the leader to rule?

32
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A tyrant

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Who would have said these words? “was in the army when people began to complain about members of the government getting richer while everybody else was getting poorer. So I stepped forward, and with the people’s help, I became a leader.”

33
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Military leaders and poor people

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Oligarchs were thrown out of power by a partnership between ____

34
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Laws that favored the rich

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What kinds of laws did the oligarchs pass?

35
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They hunted and raced in the day and attended parties in the night

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What might an oligarch do on an ordinary day?

36
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Oligarchs

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Which word in English comes from a Greek word meaning “few”?

37
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The oligarchies took over

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What happened to the king’s advisers after the king lost power?

38
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Rich men who had a lot of land

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Who belonged to the councils of aristocrats?

39
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Inherited it from a relative

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How did most kings in Ancient Greece come to power?

40
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They were separated by mountains

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How was it possible that different parts of Greece had different forms of government?

41
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Monarchy

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Which form of government in a Greek city-state usually came first?

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