Greece (Lesson 1-2)

Peninsula

• A piece of land nearly surrounded by water.

• A piece of land surrounded by crocodiles.

• A narrow strip of water with land on both sides.

Community

• People with common interests living in a particular area.

• People living in an area that are completely different from one another.

• A type of government.

Economic

• The system in a country that involves making, buying, and selling goods.

• The system in a country that involves creating and enforcing laws.

• The system in a country that involved a court system and how citizens will be punished.

A group of people living in a new territory who have ties to their homeland.

• Colony

• City-State

• Constitution

Agora

• A gathering place; marketplace in ancient Greece

• A type of weapon used by the Greeks.

• A type of food the first originated in Ancient Greece.

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

• Bard

• Phalanx

• Polis

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

• Bard

• Phalanx

• Polis

An absolute ruler unrestrained by law.

• Tyrant

• President

• Oligarch

A government in which a small group has control.

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Monarchy

Enslaved laborers found in Sparta from invading neighboring city-states.

• Helots

• Phalanx

• Bard