Lesson 24/25 Flashcards

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1
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An arm of the Mediterranean sea, east of Greece

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Aegean Sea

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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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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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a member of the most powerful class in ancient Greek society

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Aristocrat

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

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Citizen

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

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Oligarchy

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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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to have to do something based on a rule or command

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to put a decision or plan into effect

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to depend on something or someone

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?

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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.

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Absolute
In a Monarchy the king has what type of power?
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Democracy
What idea that is important today came from ancient Athens?
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Direct
How was Ancient Greek democracy different from democracy in the United States today?
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All citizens shared ruling power
How was democracy in Athens different from other ancient forms of government?
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Made laws that improved peoples lives
Why were some tyrants well liked?
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Mid 600’s
What time did many city-states come under the rule of tyrants?
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Popularity and force
In a tyranny, what allowed the leader to rule?
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A tyrant
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.”
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Military leaders and poor people
Oligarchs were thrown out of power by a partnership between ____
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Laws that favored the rich
What kinds of laws did the oligarchs pass?
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They hunted and raced in the day and attended parties in the night
What might an oligarch do on an ordinary day?
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Oligarchs
Which word in English comes from a Greek word meaning "few"?
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The oligarchies took over
What happened to the king's advisers after the king lost power?
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Rich men who had a lot of land
Who belonged to the councils of aristocrats?
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Inherited it from a relative
How did most kings in Ancient Greece come to power?
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They were separated by mountains
How was it possible that different parts of Greece had different forms of government?
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Monarchy
Which form of government in a Greek city-state usually came first?