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Greece Vocabulary

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

GREECE VOCAB.

BY CAIT YOUNG

PENINSULA

IS A BODY OF LAND WITH WATER ON THREE SIDES.
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COLONY

SETTLEMENT IN A NEW TERRITORY THAT KEEPS CLOSE TIES WITH ITS HOMELAND..

POLIS

EARLY GREEK CITY-STATE MADE OF A CITY AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTRYSIDE.

AGORA

AN OPEN AREA THAT SERVED AS BOTH A MARKET AND A MEETING PLACE.

TYRANT

SOMEONE WHO TAKES POWER BY FORCE. AND RULES WITH TOTAL AUTHORITY.

OLIGARCHY

GOVERNMENT IN WHICH A SMALL AMOUNT OF PEOPLE HOLD POWER.

DEMOCRACY

GOV. IN WHICH ALL CITIZENS SHARE IN RUNNING GOV.

HELOT

A PERSON ENSLAVED BY ANCIENT SPARTANS.

ACROPOLIS

AN ACROPOLIS IS A SETTLEMENT, ESPECIALLY A CITADEL, BUILT UPON AN AREA OF ELEVATED GROUPS.

SATRAP

OFFICIAL WHO RULED A STATE IN THE PERSIAN EMPIRE UNDER DARIUS.

SATRAPIES

THE 20 STATES IN WHICH DARIUS DIVIDED THE PERSIAN EMPIRE.