Ancient Greece
Vocabulary Words
Riley Griffin
Acropolis
A large hill which the Greeks built
their city-states around
Agora
A place where Greeks meet to 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
This is the closest thing I could find to an Ancient Greek Jury.
I typed in jury + ancient greece, but it didn’t have helpful info.
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.