1. Ancient Greece Vocabulary Words Caleb Velazquez

2. Acropolis A large hill which the Greeks built their city-states around

3. Agora A place where Greeks meet and conduct business

4. ASSEMBLY A lawmaking place where people voted on issues that help their city

5. Citizen A person who has certain rights and responsibilities to his or her country

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

7. Democracy A form of government where people vote to make decision

8. Jury They here evidence to make diction in court

9. Monarchy Government headed by one ruler

10. Polis A Greek city state

11. Philosophy A study of wisdom and the right way to live

12. Peninsula An area of land nearly surrounded by water

13. Peloponnesian war The war between the Athens and the spartas

14. oligarchy The kind of government run by small group of people

15. Harbor A sheltered place along the coast line