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Vocab: Greco Roman
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10th Grade
09/12/2022

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City State

 

Definition

1. a sovereign state consisting of an autonomous city and, especially historically, any dependent settlements or territories

 

2. a state that consists of historic autonomous cities that are dependent on settlements or territories

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Socrates

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1. 469?–399 b.c., Athenian philosopher.

 

2. an Athenian philosopher that had made an impact on the world

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Tyrant

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1. a sovereign or other ruler who uses power oppressively or unjustly; an absolute ruler

2. a ruler who uses power to be oppressive or unjustly

which is defined as a absolute ruler

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Direct Democracy

Definition

 

1. Pure democracy is a form of democracy in which the electorate decides on policy initiatives without elected representatives as proxies.

 

2. a pure democracy is considered a form of democracy that electorates on policies without having an elected representative as a proxy

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Republic

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1. is a form of government in which "supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives".

 

2. a form of government that is represented as supreme power that is held by their people and their representatives.

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Natural Law

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1. a principle or body of laws considered as derived from nature, right reason, or religion and as ethically binding in human society.

 

w. a body of loaws that are considered to be derived by nature, a right reason or religion. As it is explained ethically by binding in human society

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Plato

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1. 427–347 b.c., Greek philosopher.

 

2. A Greek philosopher who also made an impact to how we think today

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Philosophers

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1. one who thinks about, questions, and studies the nature of life, truth, knowledge, and other important human matters

 

2. a person that questions life, truth and knowledge that is considered a nature. Though they also focus on human matters

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Government

Definition

1. the group of people that has power to make laws and important decisions for a community, state, or nation

 

2. a group that has power to make laws and important decisions for their community, state, or nation

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Dictator

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1. a person exercising absolute power, especially a ruler who has absolute, unrestricted control in a government without hereditary succession.

 

2. a person that exercises for absolute power, that also who a ruler that is absolute and unrestricted when it comes to the control in the government

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 Oligarchy

Definition
is a form of power structure in which power rests with a small number of people.
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Monarchy

Definition
supreme power or sovereignty held by a single person.
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3 Branches

Definition
Executive, Legislative, and Judicial.
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Aristotle

Definition
384–322 b.c., Greek philosopher: pupil of Plato; tutor of Alexander the Great.
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Twelve Tables

Definition

 

the earliest code of Roman civil, criminal, and religious law, promulgated in 451–450 bc

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