Vocabulary Ancient Greece

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Council of 500

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500 citizens in Athens managing government

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Body of land surrounded by water on three sides

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Peninsula

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A person with certain rights and duties in a city-state or nation

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Citizen

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Group of citizens with law-passing power in ancient Greece

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Assembly

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Most powerful class in ancient Greece

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Aristocrat

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Settlement controlled by a distant country

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Colony

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Government by the people

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Democracy

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Ruling power in the hands of one person

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Monarchy

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Government ruled by a few

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Oligarchy

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City-state of ancient Greece known for military oligarchy

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Sparta