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Greece Vocabulary

Published on Dec 05, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

PENINSULA

BODY OF LAND WITH WATER THREE SIDES

COLONY

  • SETTLEMENT IN A NEW TERRITORY THAT KEEPS CLOSE TIES WITH ITS HOME LAND

POILS

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

AGORA

  • In early Greek city states an open area that served as both a market and meeting place

TYRANT

PERSON WHO TAKES POWER BY FORCE AND RULES WITH TOTAL AUTHORITY

OLIGARCHY

GOVERNMENT IN WHICH SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE HOLDS POWER

DEMOCRACY

  • GOVERNMENT IN WHICH ALL CITIZENS SHARE IN RUNNING THE GOVERNMENT

HELOT

PERSON WHO WAS CONQUERED AND ENSLAVED BY THE ANCIENT SPARTANS

ACROPOLIS

THE CITADEL OR HIGH FORTIFIED AREA OF AN ANCIENT GREEK CITY.

SATRAP

OFFICIAL WHO RULED A STATE IN THE PERSIAN EMPIRE UNDER DARIUS

SATRAPIES

THE 20 STATES INTO WHICH DARIUS DIVIDED THE PERSIAN EMPIRE