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Greece Vocab.

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

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GREECE VOCABULARY
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PENINSULA

BODY OF LAND WITH WATER ON THREE SIDES.
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COLONY

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

POLIS

A GREEKE CITY-STATE , A TINY INDEPENDENT COUNTRY.

AGORA

AN OPEN AREA BELOW THE ACROPOLIS THAT WAS A MARKET PLACE WHERE PEOPLE MET TO DEBATE ISSUES.

TYRANT

A PERSON WHO TAKES POWER BY FORCE AND RULES WITH TOTAL AUTHORITY.

OLIGARCHY

GOVERNMENT IN WHICH A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE HOLDS AUTHORITY.
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DEMOCRACY

GOVERNMENT IN WHICH ALL CITIZENs SHARE IN RUNNING.

HELOT

PERSON WHO WAS CONQUERED AND ENSLAVED BY THE ANCIENT SPARTANS.

ACROPOLIS

A FORTIFIED AREA ON A HILL

SATRAP

OFFIcAL WHO RULED A STATe IN THE PERSIAN EMPIRE UNDER DARIUS.
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SATRAPIES

THE 20 STATES INTO WHICH DARIUS DIVIDED THE PERSIAN EMPIRE.