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Published on Nov 23, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

PENINSULA

an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.

COLONY

a group of people who leave their native country to form in a new land a settlement subject to, or connected with, the parent nation.

POLIS

AN ANCIENT GREEK CITY-STATE.

AGORA

THE PLACE WHERE SUCH AN ASSEMBLY MET, ORIGINALLY A MARKETPLACE OR PUBLIC SQUARE.

TYRANT

A SOVEREIGN OR OTHER RULER WHO USES POWER OPPRESSIVELY OR UNJUSTLY.

OLIGARCHY

a form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few.

DEMOCRACY

GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE; A FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN WHICH THE SUPREME POWER IS VESTED IN THE PEOPLE AND EXERCISED DIRECTLY BY THEM OR BY THEIR ELECTED AGENTS UNDER A FREE ELECTORAL SYSTEM.

HELOT

HELOT ONE OF A CLASS OF SERFS IN ANCIENT SPARTA, NEITHER A SLAVE NOR A FREE CITIZEN.

ACROPOLIS

THE CITADEL OR HIGH FORTIFIED AREA OF AN ANCIENT GREEK CITY.
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SATRAP

A GOVERNOR OF A PROVINCE UNDER THE ANCIENT PERSIAN MONARCHY.

SATRAPIES

A PROVINCE GOVERNED BY A SATRAP.