Greece Vocabulary

A city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside

• democracy

• acropolis

• City-state

• oligarchy

a narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies of water

• peninsula

• strait

• isthmus

• acropolis

A body of stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works

• aristocracy

• philosopher

• tyrant

• mythology

A government used in ancient Greece where rich landowners controlled the government

• aristocracy

• monarchy

• oligarchy

• democracy

A ruler who takes power by force

• citizen

• tyrant

• oligarchy

• democracy

the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed

• monarchy

• oligarchy

• government

• aristocracy

A person with certain rights and responsibilities in his or her country or community

• tyrant

• citizen

• philosopher

• democracy

loves and seeks wisdom

• citizen

• tyrant

• monarchy

• philosopher

A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas

• Isthmus

• strait

• peninsula

A government in which power is in the hands of a single person

• aristocracy

• oligarchy

• monarchy

• democracy