Ancient Greece Vocabulary Words CODY HERNANDEZ
Acropolis A large hill which the Greeks built their city-states around
AGORA A PLACE WHERE GREEKS MEET AND CONDUCT BUSINESS
ASSEMBLY A LAWNMAKING PLACE WHERE PEOPLE VOTED ON ISSUES THAT HELPED THEIR CITY
CITIZEN A PERSON WHO HAS CERTAIN RIGHTS AND RESPNOSIBILITIES TO HIS OR HER COUNTRY
COLONY A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO LIVED APART FROM GREECE BUT KEPT ECONOMNC TIES WITH IT
DEMOCRACY A FORM OF GOVERNMENT WHERE PEOPLE VOTE TO MAKE DECISIONS
JURY THEY HEAR EVIDENCE AND MAKE DECISIONS IN COURT OF LAW
MONARCHY GOVERNMENT HEADED BY ONE RULER
POLIS A GREECE CITY-STATE
PHILOSOPHY A STUDY OF WISDOM AND THE RIGHT WAY TO LIVE LIFE
PENINSULA AN AREA OF LAND NEARLY SURROUNDED BY WATER
PELOPONNESIAN WAR THE WAR BETWEEN ATHENS AND SPARTA
OLIGARCHY THE KIND OF GOVERNMENT THAT IS RUN BY A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE
HARBOR A SHELTERED PLACE ALONG A COASTLINE