Greece Vocab 2.0

A powerful city-state

• epic poem

• agora

• hero

• polis

Highest point in a city or upper city

• acropolis

• myth

• polis

• agora

The city's market place and social center

• acropolis

• helots

• polis

• agora

A government ruled by a single person, such as a king

• monarchy

• aristocracy

• tyrants

• oligarchy

A government ruled by a small group of elite, landowning families

• monarchy

• aristocracy

• tyrants

• oligarchy

A powerful man who takes advantage of a situation and seizes power

• monarchy

• aristocracy

• tyrants

• oligarchy

A government in which citizens have a direct role in governing

• democracy

• aristocracy

• tyrants

• oligarchy

State owned slaves captured from conquered lands

• acropolis

• helots

• polis

• agora

A government ruled by a few powerful citizens

• monarchy

• aristocracy

• democracy

• oligarchy

A disease that causes many deaths

• truce

• immortal

• plague

• mythology