Ch. 7 Ancient Greece Vocabulary

A piece of land nearly surrounded by water

• island

• coastline

• peninsula

• continent

People with common interests living in a particular area

• community

• continent

• conclude

• channel

A Greek city-state

• agora

• colony

• helot

• polis

An absolute ruler unrestrained by law

• tyrant

• oligarchy

• democracy

• philosopher

A government in which a small group has control

• tyrant

• oligarchy

• democracy

• philosopher

Enslaved people in ancient Sparta

• tyrants

• bards

• helots

• citizen

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

• peninsula

• colony

• polis

• democracy

A government by the people

• tyrant

• oligarchy

• philosophy

• democracy

A gathering place or marketplace

• polis

• acropolis

• agora

• bard

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

• colony

• phalanx

• helots

• ephors