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Greek Vocabulary

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Polis

A Greek city state that's independent and made up of a city

acropolis

A fortress in a city state on hills
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Democracy

Citizens that get to vote

Agora

Part of the city state that was a market and meeting place

Monarchy

A form of government run by king/queen

Oligarch

A form of government where a small group hold power

Hoplites

Greek soldiers who were citizens
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Colony

A settlement in a new territory with close ties to its homeland

Tyrant

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

Helot

A person conquered or enslaved by Spartans

Satrap

Official who ruled a state in the Persian under Darius

Satrapies

20 states into which Darius divided the Persian empire