Ancient Greece Vocabulary

land surrounded by water on three sides

• peninsula

• colony

• polis

• agora

a settlement in a new country that is ruled from afar and created to spread their culture

• peninsula

• colony

• polis

• acropolis

the Greek word for city-state; like an independent country

• colony

• agora

• polis

• acropolis

fortified hilltop in an ancient Greek city-state

• polis

• colony

• agora

• acropolis

an open space used for assemblies to talk, and for shopping markets

• agora

• colony

• acropolis

• polis

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

• citizen

• colony

• polis

• agora

the spread of cultural beliefs, customs and social activities from one group to another

• oligarchy

• cultural diffusion

• monarchy

• tyranny

mountain where the Greeks believed the most important gods and goddesses lived

• Mt. Olympus

• Mt. Everest

• Mt. Olympia

• Mt. McKinley

war between the Greek city-states and the Persian Empire

• Persian War

• Peloponnesian War

• US Civil War

• WW II

war between Athens and Sparta; this war left Greece weak

• Persian War

• Peloponnesian War

• Delian League

• Peloponnesian League