Ch.7 Vocabulary Ancient Greeks

A piece of land nearly surrounded by water

• island

• strait

• peninsula

• phalanx

A group of people living in a new territory who have ties to their homeland; the new territory itself

• colony

• city-state

• village

• country

A Greek city-state

• Greenville

• colony

• empire

• polis

A gathering place; marketplace in ancient Greece

• town square

• forum

• agora

• oligarchy

A group of armed foot soldiers in ancient Greece arranged close together in rows

• phalanx

• army

• navy

• bureaucracy

An absolute ruler unrestrained by law

• Hammurabi

• senator

• tyrant

• alliance

A government in which a small group has control

• oligarchy

• democracy

• tyranny

• philosophy

A government by the people

• oligarchy

• constitution

• democracy

• city-state

A form of democracy in which all citizens can participate first hand in the decision making process (example: Athens)

• empire

• colony

• representative democracy

• direct democracy

A form of democracy in which all citizens elect officials to govern on their behalf (example: The United States)

• monarchy

• anarchy

• direct democracy

• representative democracy