Midterm (5, 6 and 10)

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King of Macedonia who conquered Greece, Egypt, and Persia; son of Philip II

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Alexander the Great

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A Greek Philosopher, taught Alexander the Great, started a famous school; scientific method

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Aristotle

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Greek philosopher; created a method of questioning; sentenced to death for corrupting the youth of Athens

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Socrates

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Greek philosopher, created the Academy in Athens; wrote THE REPUBLIC

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Plato

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A form of government in which power is vested in kings and queens

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monarchy

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A government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility

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aristocracy

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a government in which power is in the hands of a few people- especially one in which rule is based upon wealth

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oligarchy

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someone who seizing the government illegally by usually appealing to the discontented

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tyrant

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a form of government in which the people rule

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democracy

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A form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives

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direct democracy