Ancient Greece Vocabulary

an body of water that is connected and apart of of the Mediterranean Sea, east of Greece

• Pacific Ocean

• Red Sea

• Aegean Sea

• Atlantic Ocean

A settlement under the control of a usually distant country

• Empire

• Civilization

• Colony

• Country

A body of land that is surrounded on three sides by water

• Peninsula

• Mountain

• Harbor

• Peak

A member of the most powerful class in ancient Greek society

• Peasant

• President

• Dictator

• Aristocrat

A person who has certain rights and duties in a city-state or nation

• Slave

• Pharaoh

• Citizen

• Immigrant

A government in which power is held by the people, who exercise power directly or through elected representatives

• Oligarchy

• Tyranny

• Monarchy

• Democracy

A government in which the ruling power is in the hands of one person

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• Republic

A government in which the ruling power is in the hands of a few people

• Democracy

• Tyranny

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

A government in which absolute ruling power is held by a person who is not a lawful king

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Republic

• Tyranny

A city-state of ancient Greece that was first to have a democracy; also known as the birthplace of Western civilization; the capital of present-day Greece

• Sparta

• Thebes

• Athens

• Macedonia