Greek Government Vocab by Haven Kenoss https://padlet.com/hkenoss/6w5tp1hgoswj en-us 2017-01-04 23:03:18 UTC 2025-11-08 11:31:11 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Condos.png Government hkenoss https://padlet.com/hkenoss/6w5tp1hgoswj/wish/145396703 the governing organization of a city or state.
 Forms of government were tyrannies, monarchies, oligarchies, and democracies.
In ancient Greek government forms, poor people and women had little voice, and non-citizens could not be involved with government at all.
There were four forms of government: tyranny, democracy, monarchy, and oligarchy, the most common]]> 2017-01-04 23:08:40 UTC https://padlet.com/hkenoss/6w5tp1hgoswj/wish/145396703 Citizen hkenoss https://padlet.com/hkenoss/6w5tp1hgoswj/wish/145396724 a legally recognized subject or national of a state or commonwealth, either native or naturalized.
In ancient Greece, people were only considered citizens if they were born in Greece, and this rule especially applied in Athens.
Women were also not considered citizens and were owned by her husband, who was a citizen.]]> 2017-01-04 23:09:01 UTC https://padlet.com/hkenoss/6w5tp1hgoswj/wish/145396724 Oligarchy hkenoss https://padlet.com/hkenoss/6w5tp1hgoswj/wish/147173478 There were four forms of government in ancient Greece. Oligarchies were the most frequent form of government, and was when a small group of aristocrats ruled and passes laws, but this usually occurred after a democracy failed.]]> 2017-01-14 03:41:14 UTC https://padlet.com/hkenoss/6w5tp1hgoswj/wish/147173478 Monarchy hkenoss https://padlet.com/hkenoss/6w5tp1hgoswj/wish/147173510 A monarchy was when a king was selected, then when the king died, his son would become king.
However, sometimes the king would die before having children and the crown would go to his brother.]]> 2017-01-14 03:42:53 UTC https://padlet.com/hkenoss/6w5tp1hgoswj/wish/147173510 Democracy hkenoss https://padlet.com/hkenoss/6w5tp1hgoswj/wish/147173556 A democracy was when someone was elected and the people had a strong voice in government.
Ancient Greek democracy was known as the world's first democracy, and featured 500 citizens and a jury randomly chosen each month to resolve problems
]]> 2017-01-14 03:45:40 UTC https://padlet.com/hkenoss/6w5tp1hgoswj/wish/147173556 Tyranny hkenoss https://padlet.com/hkenoss/6w5tp1hgoswj/wish/147173621 And finally, tyranny (or tyrant) was someone who forcefully and illegally took power (using by killing the former ruler)
However, not all tyrants were bad rulers. Some would even be kinder to the poor and give them a voice in lawmaking and government]]> 2017-01-14 03:49:15 UTC https://padlet.com/hkenoss/6w5tp1hgoswj/wish/147173621