Module 8 Vocabulary

Greek city-state

• polis

• acropolis

• city

• citizen

a high hill upon which a Greek fortress was built

• polis

• fort

• temple

• acropolis

a type of government in which people rule themselves

• democracy

• theocracy

• tyranny

• oligarchy

a rich landowner or noble

• artisocrat

• noble

• citizen

• tyrant

a government in which only a few people have power

• democracy

• oligarchy

• tyranny

• theocracy

government that is made up of a small group of people from the highest social class in a society

• theocracy

• democracy

• oligarchy

• aristocracy

a person who has the right to participate in government

• citizen

• police

• aristocrat

• tyrant

an ancient Greek leader who held power through the use of force

• tyrant

• aristocrat

• citizen

• emperor

Athenian leader who spread democracy

• Pericles

• Cleisthenes

• Spartacus

• Aesop

an agreement to work together

• alliance

• treaty

• fable

• reason