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Peloponnesus
Southern Peninsula of Greece
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Balkan Peninsula
Mainland Greece
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Agoge
Spartan military school
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Hoplite
Spartan warrior
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Oligarchy
gov’t, a few rule over the entire population – minority ruled the majority
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Perioeci
Spartan free men, non citizens, middle class
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Helots
Spartan slaves
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Ephors
Head of Spartan Govt. led the council, military and educational system; 5 men
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Solon
Athenian Reformer - paved the way for democracy
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Cleisthenes
Athenian “Father of Democracy”Created the world’s first Democratic Constitution
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Pnyx
meeting hill in Athens
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Quorum
minimum # of people required to hold a meeting
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Direct Democracy
Political decisions were made directly by all the citizens and policies were decided by majority rule. ex: Athens
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Representative Democracy
A political system in which people elect representatives to make decisions for them ex: USA
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Aka Indirect Democracy
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Isthmus
Narrow strip of land that connect to larger bodies of land
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Tyranny
Government by a single ruler who seizes power; dictatorship
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Drachma
Coined currency used in Athens
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OBOLS
Iron rod currency used in Sparta
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