Blog 13

Today in Mr. Schicks class,Iearned that
main idea: power and authority
  •  many political systems today mirror some governments in Greece
  • terms and names:
  •  polis: fundamental political unit in ancient Greece
  •  acropolis: citizens gathered to discuss city government
  •  monarchy: a single person rules as a king
  •  aristocracy: government ruled a small group of noble
  •  oligarchy: government ruled by a few powerful people
  •  tyrant: powerful, seized control of the government
  •  democracy: when the people rule instead of higher up people
  •  helot: peasants forced to stay on the land where they worked
  •  phalanx: fearsome formation the Greeks created
  •  Persian Wars: between Greece and Persian empire
  •  Greece had many different governments
  •  the sons of wealthy people were privileged with an education and didn't have to work at all. They were given all of the opportunities that they have
  •  after school when the boys were older they went to military school to learn there and defend Athens

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