Greece Vocabulary

land that is surrounded by water on three sides

• polis
• agora
• peninsula
• phalanx

Persian governor

• philosopher
• phalanx
• colony
• satrap

people that settle in a new land and keep ties to their homeland

• colony
• satrap
• polis
• philosopher

Greek city-state

• agora
• polis
• tyrant
• oligarchy

gathering place or market in the polis

• peninsula
• phalanx
• colony
• agora

someone who seizes power and rules with total control

• tyrant
• oligarchy
• democracy
• satrap

type of government with rule by the people

• oligarchy
• democracy
• satrapy
• tyrant

type of government with rule by the few

• democracy
• satrapy
• oligarchy
• tyrant

Persian province

• satrapy
• colony
• polis
• peninsula

government where citizens elect officials to debate and vote on government matters

• satrapy
• direct democracy
• representative democracy
• philosopher