Greece Vocabulary
Published on Nov 30, 2015
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GREECE VOCABULARY
- By:Olivia.V
PENINSULA
- Definition-A body of land with water
- on three sides.
COLONY
- Definition-A colony is a settlement in a
- new territory that keeps close ties to it's
- homeland.
POLIS
- Definition-Like a tiny independent
- country.
AGORA
- Definition-This space had two functions:
- it was both a market and a place where
- people could meet and debate issues.
TYRANT
- Definition-Is someone who takes power
- by force and rules with total authority.
OLIGARCHY
- Definition-Few people hold power.
DEMOCRACY
- Definition-All citizens share in
- running the government.
HELOT
- Definition-Person who was conquered and
- enslaved by ancient Spartans.
ACROPOLIS
- Definition-A building that was on a
- hill surrounded by a wall.
SATRAP
- Definition-Meaning "protector of
- the kingdom".
SATRAPIES
- Definition-The 20 states into which
- Darius divided the Persian Empire.
