Greee Vocab & Map NEW

A piece of land with water on 3 sides

• Peninsula

• Island

• Plateau

• Mountain

The Greek word for a city-state

• Polis

• Peninsula

• Acropolis

• Agora

A large hill in the center of a Greek polis. They usually had a fort, religious temples, and public meeting areas

• Polis

• Agora

• Acropolis

• Aristocrat

A gathering place and/or marketplace in ancient Greece

• Agora

• Acropolis

• Peninsula

• Polis

The highest class in society; the rich or the nobility (royalty)

• Aristrocrat

• Tyrant

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

A ruler who has total power, rules by force, and is considered mean

• Aristocrat

• Tyrant

• Monarchy

• Democracy

A type of government where the people vote on decisions

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

• Tyrant

A type of government where a small group of people share power; rule by the few

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• Tyrant

• Oligarchy

A type of government led by a king or queen

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

• Tyrant

An adjective used to describe Greek culture

• Polytheism

• Acropolis

• Hellenistic

• Polytheism