Ancient Greece Vocabulary

a body of land that is surrounded on three sides by water

• Peninsula

• Forum

• Topography

• Island

a settlement under the control of a usually distant country

• Senate

• City-State

• Colony

• Treaty

a government in which the ruling power is in the hands of one person

• Tyrannosaurus

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Monarchy

a government in which the ruling power is in the hands of a few people

• Tyranny

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

a government in which absolute ruling power is held by a person who is not a lawful king

• Tyranny

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

a government in which power is held by the people, who exercise power directly or through elected representatives

• Tyranny

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

a person who has certain rights and duties in a city-state or nation

• Agora

• Cuniculus

• Citizen

• Oasis

a group of citizens, in an ancient Greek democracy with the power to pass laws

• Council of Elders

• Assembly

• Council of 500

• Caste System

city-state of ancient Greece that was first to have a democracy; also known as the birthplace of Western civilization; the capital city of present day Greece

• Athens

• Sparta

• Crete

• Thames

a city-state of ancient Greece known for its military oligarchy

• Athens

• Sparta

• Corinth

• Argos