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Representative democracy is when a city or state sends a representative to vote for the people

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Direct democracy is where everything is voted on directly by the citizens without a representative.

The great city of Athens thrived with a direct democracy

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A monarchy is when one person has absolute power. They usually inherit there power and pass it on to there eldest son

the most famous monarchies were those in the states of Macedonia and Epeiros, The monarchs didn't have direct power but they led during times of war and were well respected.

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Tyranny is when somebody forces there way into leadership. For example, he killed the king and now threatens us that we will have the same fate if we don't make him leader.
The best-known tyrants were Cypselus at Corinth and Orthagoras at Sicyon about 650 bc.

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An oligarchy is when a group of aristocrats overthrows a king and become the leaders of a state, city, or country.
in 411 BCE in Athens, ‘the oligarchy of the 400’ took power out of the hands of the Assembly

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A city that declares itself as an independent state

In Greece, some of the most powerful and influencing cities were city states such as Athens, Sparta, or Corinth

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A person who was born in the country and/or state that they are in that is usually entitled to all the rights stated in the constitution of the country.

Citizens were a necessary component of the governments in Greece

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The group of people and organizations that make choices about how a state or country is run

Greece had a lot of great governments and were known for them