Greece Vocabulary by Lynda Passmore

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Greece Vocabulary

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

GREECE VOCABULARY

By Lynda Rose Passmore

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PENINSULA

~ a body of land with water on three sides.

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COLONY

~ a settlement in new territory's hat keeps close ties with its homeland

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AGORA

~ an open area that serves as both market and meeting place

POLIS

~ a tiny independent country in Ancient Greece

TYRANT

~ a person who takes power by force and rules with total authority.

OLIGARCHY

~ a system of government were very few people hold power.

DEMOCRACY

~ a system of government where all citizens share in running the government.

HELOT

~ the Spartans' captive workers.

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ACROPOLIS

~ a fortified area in a polis.

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SATRAP

~ the official in charge of one of the satrapies

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SATRAPIES

~ the 20 states into which Darius divided the Persian Empire

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SOURCES

Polis Picture: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polis
Tyrant Picture:
http://ancientgreece.co/tyrants-in-ancient-greece-common-features-and-gener...
Oligarchy Picture: http://jacksonmanngradesix.weebly.com/oligarchy.html
Democracy Picture: http://eutopialaw.com/2011/11/09/greek-‘sovereignty’-and-european-‘democrac...

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SOURCES (CONTINUED)

Helot Picture: http://www.larkin.net.au/ah_hsc/Sparta/008_sparta_helots.html
Agora Picture: http://0.tqn.com/d/atheism/1/0/0/L/AthAgora-l.jpg
Satrap Picture: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Pharnabazus_silver_state...
Satrapies Picture: http://www.livius.org/a/1/maps/persia_map.gif