Ancient Greece
Vocabulary Words
Sarah Mask
Acropolis
A large hill which the Greeks built
their city-states around
Agora
A place where Greeks meet and conduct business
Assembly
A lawmaking place where people voted on issues that
helped their city
Citizen
A person who has certain rights and responsibilities to his
or her country
Colony
A group of people who lived apart from Greece but kept
economic ties with it
Democracy
A form of government where people vote to make
decisions
Jury
They hear evidence and make decisions in a court of law
Monarchy
Government headed by one ruler
Polis
A Greek city-state
Philosophy
A study of wisdom and the right way to live
Peninsula
An area of land nearly surrounded by water
Peloponnesian
War
The war between Athens and Sparta
Oligarchy
The kind of government that is run by a small group of
people
Harbor
A sheltered place along a coastline