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

ancient Greek temple built to honor Athena

• Epic Poem

• Monarchy

• Parthenon

• 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

a type of government with a single ruler

• monarchy

• democracy

• mythology

• oligarchy

a series of war between Persia and Greece in the 400s BC

• Acropolis

• Persian Wars

• Peloponnesian War

• Maritime

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

an ancient Greek leader who held power through the use of force

• Monarchy

• Tyrant

• Polis

• democracy