Greece Vocab
Published on Nov 23, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
PENINSULA
- Body of land with water on three sides
COLONY
- Settlement in a new territory that keeps close ties with its homeland
POLIS
- The early Greek city-state made up of a city surrounding countryside and
- run like a independent country
AGORA
- The early city-states an open area that served both as a
- market and meeting place
TYRANT
- A person that takes power by force and rules with
- total authority
OLIGARCHY
- Government in which a small group of people holds power
DEMOCRACY
- Government in which all citizen share in running the government
HELOT
- Person who has conquered and enslaved by the ancient Spartans
ACROPOLIS
- A fortified area
SATRAP
- Protecter of the kingdom
SATRAPIES
- Empire divided into twenty provinces
