ANCIENT GREECEVocabulary Words

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ACROPOLISA large hill which the Greeks built their city-states around

AGORADefinition

A place where Greeks meet and conduct business

ASSEMBLYDefinition

A lawmaking place where people voted on issues that helped their city.

CITIZEN

DefinitionA person who has certain rights and responsibilities to his or her country.

COLONYDefinition

A group of people who lived apart from Greece but kept economic ties with it.

DEMOCRACY

DefinitionA form of government where people vote to make

decisions.

JURYDefinition

They hear evidence and make decisions in a court of law

MONARCHYDefinition

Government headed by one ruler

POLISDefinition

A Greek city-state

PHILOSOPHY

DefinitionA study of wisdom and the right way to live

PENINSULADefinition

An area of land nearly surrounded by water

PELOPONNESIAN WARDefinition

The war between Athens and Sparta

OLIGARCHYDefinition

The kind of government that is run by a small group of people.

HARBORDefinition

A sheltered place along the coastline.