Chapter 5 Set 1
Terms
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- acropolis
- the citadel in ancient Greek towns
- Homer
- Greek poet that wrote the epics of Illiad and Odyssey
- Greek Geography
- lot of coastline, short rivers, mountains that separated the country
- agora
- the marketplace in ancient Greece
- Popular government
- is a government that allows the people to rule themselves
- Mycenaeans
- civilizationon the Greek mainland that conquered the Minoans in Crete in about 1400BC
- Democracy
- government in which people have a say in government
- Minoans
- a culture that lived in ancient Greece from 3000 B.C. to 1400 B.C.
- 4 characteristics of a polis
- 1) covered a small area of land; 2) had a population of fewer than 10,000 people; 3) the original fort was built on an acropolis; 4) had an agora
- Tyrants
- rulers who take power illegally but have the people's support
- Hoplite
- a heavily armed Greek foot soldier
- polis
- Greek city-state
- Main aspects of Greek culture
- geographical territory, community, and political and economic independence