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In a representative democracy, the type used in the U.S., the citizens vote on the president and members of the Congress.

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In a direct democracy, the people of the city has a say.  One thing the people help determine is who the president may be.

In Ancient Greece, Athens, the type of government was direct democracy. Though they excluded women, slaves and foreigners, they required all citizens to vote on serious problems.

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A Monarchy is a form of government where the power is in the hands of one person. The person in charge is typically a king rather than a prince or queen.

In Ancient Greece, the Mycenaeans (warrior people) established the Monarchy government.

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A Tyranny is a government where there is one leader that has taken over the royal king because the town doesn't like their king. The person that takes over is usually a military leader that has locked up or killed the royal king.

In the 600's B.C.E., in ancient Greece, Tyranny began. The middle class people were usually the ones to get the most angry with their leaders.

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Oligarchy is a type of government when a few people rule at one time. These people are usually aristocrats and are not born into it.

In Ancient Greece, between 1100 and 800 B.C.E. Greece began forming groups. Sometimes, oligarchy groups lacked full political rights such as voting. As a result, many citizens of an Oligarchy government had no say in how their city - state was run.

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A city with its own government, laws and people. However they followed the same religions.

Ancient Greece have 3 well known city - states: Athens, Corinth and Sparta.

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A member of a state, city or nation that is loyal to its government.

In ancient Greece, you had to be male, over the age of 18 and free in order to be a citizen.

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Government is a way to rule. They decide the laws and looks over the city. In the government, they different positions called cabinets.

The Greeks had many types of government. These types were monarchy, oligarchy, democracy and tyranny.