Greece Vocabulary
Published on Nov 20, 2015
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COLONY
SETTLEMENT IN A NEW TERRITORY THAT KEEPS CLOSE TIES WITH ITS HOMELAND.
POLIS
- The early Greek city-stage,made up of a city and the surrounding
- countryside and run like an independence country.
AGORA
- In early Greek city-states,an open area that served as both a market and
- a meeting place.
TYRANT
PERSON WHO 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 CITIZENS SHARE IN RUNNING THE GOVERNMENT.
HELOT
PERSON WHO CONQUERED AND ENSLAVED BY THE ANCIENT SPARTANS.
ACROPOLIS
A FORTIFIED AREA ON A HILL.
SATRAP
PROTECTOR OF THE KINGDOM
SATRAPIES
THE EMPIRE DIVIDED INTO 20 PROVINCES.
