Social Studies Chapter 7
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- cultural borrowing
- adapting customs from one culture for use in another
- epic
- a long story-poem
- isthmus
- a small strip of land, with water on both sides, that connects two larger areas of land
- acropolis
- a fortress built on a hill
- agora
- an open-air market and gathering place in many ancient Greek city-states,
- aristocracy
- a wealthy ruling class
- assembly
- a lawmaking group
- cultural identity
- a connection people feel with one another
- democracy
- rule by the people
- helot
- in ancient Sparta, a slaved owned by the state
- majority rule
- a system in which the ideas and decisions supported by the most people are followed
- myth
- a story that is passed down from generation to generation and usually tells about an ancient god or hero
- oligarchy
- a system in which a small group controls the government
- polis
- in ancient Greece, a city-state consisting of a town and the farms and villages that surround it
- tyrant
- someone who takes control of a government by force and rules alone
- comedy
- a humorous play
- demagogue
- a bad leader
- league
- a group of allies
- tragedy
- a serious play in which the main character comes to an unhappy end
- alliance
- an agreement to cooperate
- Hellenistic
- "Greek-like"
- multicultural
- relating to many cultures