Greece Vocab Lessons 1+2

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

• agora

• colony

• economic

• peninsula

• polis

a government by the people

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Tyrant

• ephor

• helots

a piece of land nearly surrounded by water

• agora

• colony

• economic

• peninsula

• polis

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

• affect

• bard

• phalanx

• decline

• dominate

a Greek city-state

• agora

• colony

• economic

• peninsula

• polis

a gathering place; marketplace in ancient Greece

• agora

• colony

• economic

• peninsula

• polis

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

• affect

• bard

• phalanx

• decline

• dominate

an absolute ruler not restricted by law

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Tyrant

• ephor

• helots

a government in which a small group has control

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Tyrant

• ephor

• helots

enslaved people in ancient Sparta

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Tyrant

• ephor

• helots