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Greece Vocabulary

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

GREECE VOCABULARY

By:Jessica Serrano

PENINSULA

-Body of land with water on three sides.

COLONY

-SETTLEMENT IN A NEW TERRITORY THAT KEEPS CLOSE TIES WITH ITS HOMELAND.
Photo by Edgar Barany

POLIS

-THE EARLY GREEK CITY-STATE,MADE UP OF A CITY.

AGORA

-AN OPEN AREA THAT SURVED AS BOTH A MARKET.

TYRANT

-A PERSPN WHO TAKES POWER BY FORCE AND RULES WITH AUTHORY.

OLIGARCHY

-A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE HOLDS POWER.

DEMOCRACY

-IN WHICH ALL CITIZENS SHARE A GOVERMENT.

HELOT

-PERSON WHO WAS CONQUERED AND ENSLAVED BY ANCIENT SPARTANS.

ACROPOLIS

-A FORTIFIED AREA ON A HILL.

SATRAP

-WHO RULED THE STATE IN THE PERSIAN EMPIRE.

SATRAPIES

-THE 20 STATES THAT DIVIDED THE PERSIAN EMPIRE.