1. A NCIENT G REECE Vocabulary Words Kalani Nechman

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

3. A GORA Definition A place where Greeks meet and conduct business

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

5. C ITIZEN Definition A person who has certain rights and responsibilities to his or her country.

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

7. D EMOCRACY Definition A form of government where people vote to make decisions.

8. J URY Definition They hear evidence and make decisions in a court of law

9. M ONARCHY Definition Government headed by one ruler

10. P OLIS Definition A Greek city-state

11. P HILOSOPHY Definition A study of wisdom and the right way to live

12. P ENINSULA Definition An area of land nearly surrounded by water

13. P ELOPONNESIAN WAR Definition The war between Athens and Sparta

14. O LIGARCHY Definition The kind of government that is run by a small group of people.

15. H ARBOR Definition A sheltered place along the coastline.