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Representative Democracy is when people vote for a president to make laws and take care of the land

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Direct Democracy is when laws for example are made by people voting for them.

In Ancient Greece, Direct Democracy had 3 seperate system.One group was called ekklesia,they wrote laws and dictated foriegn policy.The second group was called boule,they were 10 representatives from the 10 Athenians tribes.The third was called dikasteria,this system was where citizens said cases before people that were picked from the lottery

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A City-State is a city that is a state as well thanks to its territory surrounding the City-State.

Greece had tons of City-States.The most powerful were Athens,Sparta,Corinth,and Megara. Each city-state worshiped the same gods and goddess

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A citizen is a person who is native to where they live or if they were living there a long time than they do special paperwork and they become a citizen.

In Ancient Greece for you to be a citizen you had to be native to Greece,you couldn't have been a slave,and you had to be a male.

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A Government is made up of people and laws that control the place you live in.

Ancient Greece had lots of governments. For example, they had Oligarchy,Tyranny
Monarchy, Democracy, and
Direct democracy

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A Democracy is when the government is ruled by the people.

Democracy arrived in Athens in 500 B.C.E.The government could have about 30,000 to 40,000 males,but only 5,000 people came.The government workers come together about 40 times each year to revise laws for example.

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A Tyranny is a government that is controlled by a single person.Often the person got control by illegal means.

Tyrannies started in the middle of 600 B.C.E. In lots of cites people got angry with the Rulers.The middle class people that were mad asked the rulers for privileges like a say in the government,but they refused. After the rulers said no some of the middle class military leader seized power with the support of the other middle class.

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A Oligarchy is when a government is controlled by few people.

The word Oligarchy comes from the Greek world Oligos which means few and the other word Arkhein and that means rule.Few Rule. Oligarchy ruled between 1100 to 800 B.C.People that ruled were often wealthy. Oligarchy lived like a Monarchy and they made sure everyone listened to them by having military.

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A monarchy is when only one person rules the entire land.The person was born into royalty.

Their were Monarchy's in Ancient Greece from 2000 to 1100 B.C.E.The Monarchy lived in a great castle in the capital city.Outside the the Capital city there were lots of villages.The people in those villages payed taxes and obeyed the Monarchy in return for protection.When the Monarchy dies his oldest son took his place as a Monarchy