Module 7 Vocabulary

type of government in which people rule themselves

• oligarchy

• democracy

• mythology

• acropolus

government in which only a few people have power

• oligarchy

• democracy

• polis

• acropolis

author of two great epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey

• Plato

• fables

• Homer

• mythology

stories about gods or heroes that tries to explain how the world works

• peninsula

• acropolis

• Socrates

• mythology

Greek word for city-state

• acropolis

• Homer

• polis

• democracy

short stories that offer lessons on living

• fables

• acropolis

• mythology

• peninsula

philosopher who taught that people should live lives of moderation

• Plato

• Aristotle

• polis

• fables

a fortress atop a tall hill in the center of the city-states

• polis

• Plato

• democracy

• acropolis

name for the blended culture that developed in Alexander's empire

• peninsula

• Hellenistic

• acropolis

• mythology

king of Macedonia who built the largest empire in the world

• Plato

• Alexander the Great

• Socrates

• democracy