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Greece Vocabulary

Published on Nov 24, 2015

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1.

PENINSULA

  • Body of land with water on three sides.
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2.

COLONY

  • Settlement in a new territory that keeps
  • Close ties with its homeland.
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3.

POLIS

  • The Greeck city ran like independent country
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4.

AGORA

  • An open area that served as both
  • A market and a meting place.
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5.

TYRANT

  • A person who takes power
  • by force and rules with total authority
6.

OLIGARCHY

  • Government in which a small group of people holds power
7.

DEMOCRACY

  • Government in which
  • All citizens share in running the government.
8.

HELOT

  • Person who was conquered and enslaved
  • By the ancient Spartans
9.

ACROPOLIS

  • The high fortified area of an ancient
  • Greek city.
10.

SATRAP

  • Official who ruled a state in the Persian
11.

SATRAPIES

  • 20 states into which Darius divided the Persian empire.

Jacob Williams