Greece Vocabulary

The hill above a Greek city, on which temples were built

• Acropolis

• Sparta

• Colony

• Athens

A settlement under the control of a usually distant country

• Acropolis

• Colony

• Athens

• Sparta

A city-state of ancient Greece that was the first to have a democracy

• Acropolis

• Colony

• Athens

• Sparta

A city-state of ancient Greece, known for its military oligarchy

• Acropolis

• Colony

• Athens

• Sparta

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

• Peninsula

• Monarchy

• Aristocrat

• Direct Democracy

A government in which power is held by the people who exercise power directly

• Peninsula

• Monarchy

• Aristocrat

• Direct Democracy

A member of the most power class in a society

• Peninsula

• Monarchy

• Aristocrat

• Direct Democracy

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

• Peninsula

• Monarchy

• Aristocrat

• Direct Democracy

A time when there were important advances in government, art, architecture, and philosophy

• Golden Age of Greece

• Tyranny

• Myth

• Alexander the Great

The ruler of a vast empire that extended from Macedonia to India in the 300s BCE

• Golden Age of Greece

• Myth

• Tyranny

• Alexander the Great