Ancient Greece Vocabulary

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Polis

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Greek city-states

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Oligarchy

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a small group has control over the larger group/country

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Helots

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Sparta slaves in Ancient Greece

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Mainland Greece is a __________, or a body of land with water surrounding three sides.

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peninsula

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Ruled by a king, without interest of the people in mind

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Monarch

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famous Greek city-state that gave the world the governing system known as Democracy

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Athens

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the main city-state in the mountains of Peloponnesus and main rival of Athens

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Sparta

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story passed down about an ancient god or hero

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mythology

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Land surrounded by water on 3 sides and connected to a landmass on the 4th side

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Peninsula

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A style of government that gives power to the citizens to make decisions by voting.

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Democracy