1. Greece Vocabulary

2. isthmus
narrow strip of land connecting two larger bodies of land

3. peninsula
a piece of land surrounded by water on three sides  

4. democracy
citizens participate directly in running the government

5. citizen
a person who is loyal to a particular government and entitled to be protected by that government

6. government
a system for creating order and providing leadership

7. tyrant
dictator, bully

8. aristocracy
upper class or nobility

9. polis
city-state (a political unit that includes a city and its nearby farmlands)

10. oligarchy
a government that is controlled by the few, with the basis of power often being wealthy (Oligarchy is present when a few persons rule for their own satisfaction.)
It will remain literally an oligarchy, a committee of 25 ministers making laws in secret for 450 million people.

11. republic
a form of government in which the people elect leaders and representatives