Ancient Greece Vocabulary Words – Flashcards
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Peninsula
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Area of land that is surrounded on three sides by water
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Polis
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Greek word for a city-state
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Classical
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Marked by great acheivements
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Acropolis
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High hill that a strong fortress was on
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Agora
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Greek marketplace
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Democracy
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Type of government in which people rule themselves
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Aristocrats
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Rich landowners
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Oligarchy
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Type of government in which only a few people have power
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Citizens
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People who had the right to participate in government
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Tyrant
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Leader who held power through the use of force
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Assembly
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Gathering of citizens
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Direct Democracy
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All citizens can participate directly in the government
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Representative Democracy
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Citizens elect officials to represent them in the government
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Mythology
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A body of stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works
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Fables
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Short stories that teach the reader lessons about life or give advice on how to live
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Cavalry
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Unit of soldiers who ride horses
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Satraps
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Governors that ruled provinces for Darius I
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Persian Wars
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Series of wars between Persia and Greece
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Helots
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Slaves in Sparta
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Alliance
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Agreement to work together
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Peloponnesian War
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A war between Athens and Sparta
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Phalanx
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Group of warriors who stood close together in a square
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Hellenistic
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Greek-like
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Reason
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Clear and ordered thinking
