GREEK VOCABULARY

PENINSULA

• A piece of land surrounded by water on only three sides.

COLONY

• A settlement in a new territory that keeps close ties to its homeland.

POLIS

• A Greek city-state, a tiny independent country.

AGORA

• An open area below the acropolis that was a market and a place where people met to debate issues.

TYRANT

• An absolute ruler.

OLIGARCHY

• A form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dormant class or clique.

DEMOCRACY

• Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people.

HELOT

• A serf or slave.

ACROPOLIS

• A fortified area on a hill.

SATRAP

• A subordinate ruler, often a despotic one.

SATRAPIES

• The province or jurisdiction of a satrap.

SOURCES

• http://greece.mrdonn.org/lessonplans.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regions_of_ancient_Greece
• http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ancient_Greek_Colonies_of_N_Black_Se...
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polis
• http://www.mrfs.net/trips/2000/Greece/Athens/Athens.html

SOURCES

• http://www.usu.edu/markdamen/clasdram/chapters/031gkhist.htm
• http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=tappan&book=greek&story=coloni...
• http://greece.mrdonn.org/athensdemocracy.html
• http://www.neoabolition.com/archives/1804
• http://www.greece-athens.com/place.php?place_id=1

SOURCES

• http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/10221642
• http://www.livius.org/sao-sd/satrap/satrap.htm
• http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk
• http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/history/contents_greeks.htm
• http://ewesancient.weebly.com/ancient-greece.html