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A form of government where people vote for a group of people that they want to lead them.
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A form of government where people vote for the person they want to lead them.

Any man who was over 18 could speak and give his opinion at the assembly. They wanted people to come and participate so they paid them.

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A form of government  where in order for someone to be in charge of a country they must be born into the family of the previous person in charge.

Monarchies were not very common throughout ancient Greece. Even though the king had the power, he had to work with the assembly or a council.

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A form of government where one group of people violently take over and rule a country.

In some city-states a tyrant would illegally take over the power to change laws. After a short time they would get greedy and mean and then they would be taken over by another tyrant.

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A form of government where a group of people make all the decisions in their country.

Between 1100 and 800 BCE, oligarchies were the most common form of government in city-states. The ruling group, or oligarchy, were rich and came from wealthy families.

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The state refers to land that is being controlled by a government. This might be the same area as a country. This includes the people in charge of the government, the businesses located within the land, and all the people in it.

There were hundreds of ancient Greek "states" (or city-states) of various sizes. Each had it's own government, army, and traditions but they all worshiped the same gods and spoke the same language. The most powerful Greek states were Athens, Sparta, Corinth, and Megara.

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A large town that is more populated and has larger buildings.

A city, or city-state, had its own rules and government. They were disconnected from each other geographically and often fought each other.

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Someone who was born and lives in a town or city.

In Greece to be a citizen you had to be a free man, and they had to be born in that city. Also to be a citizen you had to be a male.

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The way a country makes decisions.

The Greeks had many types of governments over time across the many city-states. They include democracy, monarch, tyranny and oligarchy.