Vocabulary Ancient Greece
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- A/an __________ is an area of land surrounded by water on three sides.
- peninsula
- A sheltered place along a coast for boats is a/an _______.
- harbor
- A/an ________ is a territory that is under the control of another country.
- colony
- Another name for a city-state is ______.
- polis
- The _________ served as a marketplace and a meeting place.
- agora
- ____________ means "rule by the people."
- Democracy
- City residents could seek shelter at a large hill called the __________.
- acropolis
- ___________ means "rule by one."
- Monarchy
- A/an _________ is a person who has certain rights and responsibilities.
- citizen
- A type of government in which a small group of powerful people make all the decisions is called a/an __________.
- oligarchy
- A/An ___________ is a lawmaking body of a government.
- assembly
- A/An _______ is a group of citizens chosen to hear evidence and make decisions in a court of law.
- jury
- ________ is the search for wisdom and the right way to live.
- Philosophy
- A/an _______ wwas a Greek foot soldiers.
- hoplite
- A/an ______ is a military formation used Ancient Greece in which a line of soldiers have joined shields and spears overlapping.
- phalanx