Chapter 7 Vocabulary

Satrap Means...

• The territory owned by governors 
• A government in ancient Sparta
• The governor of a province in ancient Persia
• A dead ruler in ancient Sparta

A Greek city-state means...

• Agora
• Helot
• Bard 
• Polis

Define a direct democracy

• A form of democracy in which all citizens can participate firsthand in the decision-making process
• Enslaved people in ancient Sparta
• A piece of land nearly surrounded by water
• An absolute ruler unrestrained by law

A piece of land nearly surrounded by water is a...

• Colony
• Democracy
• Peninsula
• Ephor

Define Bard

• Someone who writes or performs epic poems or stories about heroes and their deeds
• A gathering place or marketplace in ancient Greece
• A person who searches for wisdom or enlightenment
• I don't study enough to know this

Define Agora

• A gathering place or marketplace in ancient Greece
• Enslaved people in ancient Sparta
• A gathering place of worship in ancient Sparta
• An Island where people worship their Gods

A group of people living in a new territory who have ties to their homeland are called...

• a tyrant
• A colony
• A Helot 
• Zorastrianism

Define Tyrant

• A government in which people are not allowed to walk on grass
• An absolute ruler unrestrained by law
• Enslaved people in ancient Egypt
• Oligarchy

Enslaved people in ancient Sparta are called...

• A democracy
• Helot 
• An Ephor
• Satrapy

Define Phalanx

• A Persian ruler in Sparta
• A government made by the people
• A group of armed foot soldiers in ancient Greece arranged close together in rows
• A form of democracy in which citizens elect class president