PLX PLX PLX ND HLP Part A Which statement best represents the central idea of the poem "The Cat and the Moon" ? A) Minnaloushe is wandering and pondering. B) People change and circumstances in life change. C) The cat wants to dance with his kindred. D) Minnaloushe is enthralled by the moon. Part B Which evidence from the poem best supports the answer to Part A? A) "Do you dance, Minnaloushe, do you dance?"B )"The sacred moon overhead / Has taken on a new phase."C) "And the nearest kin of the moon." D) "Minnaloushe runs in the grass / Lifting his delicate feet."

The greek polises were city states that lived independently of each other and had their own laws and their own culture. those that were democratic were mostly based around direct democracy but not everyone had voting rights. sometimes there were kings but they would often get exiled if the people decided that they were getting too powerful. this was especially common in athens.the roman republic was a bit different. there was centralized government of all cities and territories and laws were made using a form of representative democracy, which means that there was a senate full of senators who made decisions for everyone. they would get chosen to those positions or earn them.the roman republic turned into the roman empire when it was established that the senate was corrupt and didn't care about people. then people started becoming emperors who usually ruled like dictators and there was no democratic decision making. this is the type of rule that we saw from caesar and those after him. this was also the type of rule when the roman empire divided and fell.