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Greece Vocabulary

Published on Nov 21, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

PENINSULA

A BODY OF LAND WITH WATER ON THREE SIDES.

COLONY

A SETTLEMENT IN A NEW TERRITORY THAT-

COLONY 2

-KEEPS CLOSE TIES TO ITS HOMELAND.

POLIS

CITY-STATE. LIKE A TINY COUNTRY.

AGORA

BELOW THE ACROPOLIS. MARKET AND WHERE PEOPLE COULD DEBATE.

TYRANT

SOMEONE WHO TAKES POWER BY FORCE.

OLIGARCHY

IN ONE, A FEW PEOPLE HAD POWER.
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DEMOCRACY

ALL CITIZENS SHARE IN RUNNING THE GOV.

HELOT

GREEK WORD FOR CAPTURE.

HELOT

SPARTANS CALL THEIR CAPTIVE WORKERS "HELOT"

ACROPOLIS

A FORTIFIED AREA AT THE TOP OF A HILL.

SATRAP

MEANING "PROTECTOR OF THE KINGDOM"

SATRAPIES

PROVINCE. RUN BY AN OFFICIAL.