Unit 6 Greece Vocab Review

An alliance of Greek city-states under the leadership of Athens. Original goal was to keep protecting Greece from Persia

• Peloponnesian League

• Athens

• Persian Empire

• Delian League

An early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government

• Athens

• City-State

• Sparta

• Persian Empire

An arm of the Mediterranean Sea, east of Greece

• Ionian Sea

• Delian League

• Aegean Sea

• Mediterranean Sea

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

• Athens

• Sparta

• City-State

• Peloponnesus

An elongated bay of the Mediterranean Sea, west of Greece

• Mediterranean Sea

• Oligarchy

• Ionian Sea

• Aegean Sea

A body of water north of Africa

• Ionian Sea

• Mediterranean Sea

• Aegean Sea

• Peloponnesus

A city-state of ancient Greece, known for its military oligarchy

• Athens

• Sparta

• Aegean Sea

• Persian Empire

A peninsula forming the southern part of the mainland of Greece

• Peloponnesus

• Aegean Sea

• Peloponnesian War

• Peloponnesian League

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

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Peloponnesian League

• City-State

A vast empire from 550 to 330 B.C.E. that ruled over lands in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia

• Athens

• Persian Wars

• Persian Empire

• Sparta