Vocabulary Check Greece #16

the ruler of a vast empire  from Macedonia to India

• Alexander the Great

• Aristotle

• Mrs. Thoma

a great Greek philosopher; tutor of Alexander the Great

• Alexander the Great

• Aristotle

• Mrs. Thoma

a city in Egypt,  by Alexander the Great

• Alexandria

• A city in Arnold Mo.

• A student in class

(431 to 404 B.C.E.) the war fought between Athens and Sparta that involved other city-states

• Peloponnesian War

• Battle of Marathon

• World War II

a body of land that is surrounded on three sides by water

• peninsula

• democracy

• ocean

monarchy

• One person of higher wealth trying to hold political power. They've taken their power illegally.

• government in which the ruling power is in the hands of one person.

• a government in which the ruling power is in the hands of a few people

oligarchy

• One person of higher wealth trying to hold political power. They've taken their power illegally.

• government in which the ruling power is in the hands of one person.

• a government in which the ruling power is in the hands of a few people

Athens

• a city-state of ancient Greece that was first to have a democracy; also known as the birthplace of Western civilization; the capital of present-day Greece.

• government in which the ruling power is in the hands of one person.

• a government in which the ruling power is in the hands of a few people

tyranny

• One person of higher wealth trying to hold political power. They've taken their power illegally.

• government in which the ruling power is in the hands of one person.

• a government in which the ruling power is in the hands of a few people