Ancient Greece

What is a city-state?

• a city that is an independent political state with its own ruling government

• a peninsula in southwestern Asia; today most of this area is the country of Turkey

• a type of government in which one person illegally seizes all power, usually ruling in a harsh and brutal way; a dictatorship

What is a Tyranny?

• the upper or noble class whose members’ status is usually inherited

• a type of government in which one person illegally seizes all power, usually ruling in a harsh and brutal way; a dictatorship

• a government led by a king or a queen

What is a Monarchy?

• a type of government in which one person illegally seizes all power, usually ruling in a harsh and brutal way; a dictatorship

• the upper or noble class whose members’ status is usually inherited

• a government led by a king or a queen

What is an oligarchy?

• the upper or noble class whose members’ status is usually inherited

• a government led by a king or a queen

• a type of government in which one person illegally seizes all power, usually ruling in a harsh and brutal way; a dictatorship

Who has power in a democracy?

• A king or queen

• A small group of wealthy men

• All citizens

How are leaders chosen in a Democracy?

• They seize power illegally

• A vote

• They inherit power through their bloodline

In an Oligarchy who had power?

• The President

• A king or queen

• A small group of wealth men

What is an assembly?

• a group of people; in ancient Greece, the Assembly made laws.

• a peninsula in southwestern Asia; today most of this area is the country of Turkey

• a city that is an independent political state with its own ruling government

What is Asia Minor?

• a city that is an independent political state with its own ruling government

• a peninsula in southwestern Asia; today most of this area is the country of Turkey

• a group of people; in ancient Greece, the Assembly made laws.

What is a citizen?

• Legal member of a country

• An illegal member of a country

• Any human

• Nothing