Directions: Use your knowledge from the lesson to fill in the missing content in the charts below. Once you have completed your charts, be sure to answer the focus question at the bottom of the page. Tracing the roots of the American political process to Athens Ancient Greece was made up of a lot of different polis or city-states. While they shared a common language, religion, and culture, each city-state had its own laws and its own government. Use your knowledge of the four basic types of government to complete the missing boxes on your first chart.