Chapter 7: The Ancient Greeks

a piece of land nearly surrounded by water

• peninsula

• colony

• polis

• phalanx

someone who writes or performs epic poems or stories about heroes and their deeds

• bard

• agora

• tyrant

• helot

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

• colony

• polis

• agora

• ephor

a Greek city-state

• polis

• acropolis

• politics

• helot

a gathering place; marketplace in ancient Greece

• agora

• polis

• helot

• colony

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

• phalanx

• oligarchy

• helot

• peninsula

an absolute ruler unrestrained by law

• tyrant

• phalanx

• helot

• ephor

government in which a small group of people rule

• oligarchy

• satrapy

• democracy

• tyrant

form of government in which citizens hold political power

• democracy

• oligarchy

• satrapy

• tyrant

enslaved people in ancient Sparta

• helot

• tyrant

• ephor

• satrap