Ch.9 Ancient Greece Vocabulary

Peninsula

• A piece of land almost completely surrounded by water but joined to a large area of land

• A piece of land completely surrounded by water

• A piece of land that connects two bigger pieces of land

A Greek city-state is called 

• a colony 
• phalanx
•  agora
• polis 

A government by the people is called a

• direct democracy
• democracy
• oligarchy 
• representative democracy 

Someone who seizes power and rules with total authority 

• philosopher
• tyrant 
•  oracle
• city-state

Government where only a few wealthy people hold power 

• democracy
• representative democracy
• oligarchy 
• tyrant 

A slave in Sparta 

• helot
• philosopher
• tyrant
• oracle 

A city that governs itself and its surrounding territory

• City-State
• tyrant 
• philosophers 
• drama 

An open area that was used as a marketplace, or an area where people could gather and debate issues, or vote.

• philosophers
• representative democracy
• Agora
• Aristotle

Someone who would seize power and would rule with total authority.

• philosophers
• tyrant
• Pythagoras
• Alexander The Great

A few wealthy people that hold power over the larger group of citizens.

• Representative Democracy
• Direct Democracy
• oligarchy
• Tryant