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A direct democracy is when the people vote for everything and there are no representatives making all the big decisions.

Greece had a direct democracy in which all citizens could vote for their leader and their laws. This may sound good, but the only people who were allowed to be citizens were adult white males that lived in their hometown.

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A government where the people elect officials to make big decisions for them.

We have a representative democracy. That's what congress and that stuff is for. Greece did not have a representative democracy, but they had a direct democracy after they overthrew the oligarchy and the tyrant died.

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A government that took power by force. Tyranny is normally looked at as evil and tyrants are seen as bad dictators. This is not true. Some tyrannies have been very well liked by the people.

The people of Greece were tired of the aristocrats ruling them, so they rose up and, knowing they had the advantage of numbers, overthrew the oligarchy. To make sure this didn't happen again, new rulers formed a democracy

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A government consisting of a group of rich, powerful people.

In ancient Greece, there was a group of rich property owners called  aristocrats.
They did not like how the monarchy was ruling Greece, and plotted to take control. They succeeded in driving out the king and became an oligarchy.

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A form of government in which 1 person alone rules. The crown is passed down to the royal couple's firstborn, and this can go on through long dynasties.

The first form of Greek government was a monarchy. There were multiple long lines of kings and queens from the same family before monarchy was overthrown.

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A citizen is a legal resident of a certain area,  either native or immigrated.

A citizen in ancient Greece had a fully different meaning than today. Greeks could only be a citizen if they were a white male who lived in his home town.
Most of these people are probably citizens, whereas in ancient Greece only a few of them would be.

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The definition of government is a ruling person/group over a nation, state, or community. A government does not have to be many branches like ours, it can be just 1 person.

Greece had 4 different forms of government during its prime. These were monarchy, oligarchy, tyranny, and finally democracy.