Greece Vocab

_______________ is a settlement in a new land that has ties to a specific homeland or larger country.

• polis

• colony

• agora

• peninsula

_______________ is a piece of land with bodies of water on three sides (almost an island).

• polis

• colony

• agora

• peninsula

_______________ means to decrease or get weaker over time.

• divide

• helot

• agora

• decline

_______________ someone who writes or performs songs, poems, stories about heroes and major events.

• tyrant

• helot

• bard

• agora

_______________ is a Greek city-state (large city) that acts as its own country.

• tyrant

• helot

• bard

• polis

_______________ is a Greek marketplace or spot for people to gather and meet.

• tyrant

• agora

• bard

• colony

_______________ is a harsh or controlling leader that is cruel and doesn't have to follow laws.

• tyrant

• agora

• bard

• colony

_______________ is a group of armed soldiers in Greece that would stand in a line formation side by side and use their shields to protect/fight.

• ephor

• phalanx

• helot

• oligarchy

_______________ is a government run by a small group, usually wealthy or religious leaders were given power.

• ephor

• phalanx

• helot

• oligarchy

_______________ are enslaved people in ancient Sparta – a part of Greece.

• ephor

• phalanx

• helot

• oligarchy