Ancient Greece Vocabulary

Polis

• Greek city-states

• the armed foot soldier in Ancient Greece

• long narrative poem about great deeds, usually using a hero

• leaders in Ancient Sparta

Oligarchy

• a small group has control over the larger group/country

• an epic poem written by Homer, set during the Trojan War

• ability to live forever, and the Greek gods are described as immortal in Greek writing.

• Sparta slaves in Ancient Greece

Helots

• Sparta slaves in Ancient Greece

• the armed foot soldier in Ancient Greece

• an epic poem written by Homer, sequel to the Iliad

• long narrative poem about great deeds, usually using a hero

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

• city-state
• peninsula
• polis
• agora

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

• Monarch
• Oligarch
• Democracy
• Tyranny

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

• Polis
• aristocracy
• Sparta
• Athens

a Greek city-state

• majority rule
• Polis
• alliance
• Acropolis

law-making group that makes decisions for the country

• assembly
• alliance
• Athens
• Sparta

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

• Acropolis
• Athens
• Polis
• Sparta

wealthy ruling group who are at the top of society

• majority rule
• Aristocracy
• cultural borrowing
• alliance