Vocabulary of Ancient Greece

Government in which the people have the power

• Republic

• Democracy

• Independent

• Monarchy

an independent kingdom or state made up of a city and the surrounding lands it controls

• Capital

• Country

• city-state

• polis

a Greek word meaning “rule by the best.” Some of the Greek city-states during the classical period were ruled by monarchs, usually kings

• Aristocracy

• Socrates

• Alexandria

• agora

an open space in ancient Greek cities in which residents gathered for daily social activities

• democracy

• city-state

• agora

• courtyard

ancient Greek philosopher lived in Athens during its Golden Age. 

• Alexandria

• Alexander

• Hellen

• Socrates

Egyptian city that was founded by Alexander the Great in 332 BCE as part of the extension of his empire from Greece

• Pyhroah

• Alexanderia

• Cairo

• Socrates

 monarch is a head of state, such as a king or queen

• Democracy

• Republic

• constitutional monarchy

• city-state

Empire was a vast empire that stretched from the Aegean Sea to India and across the Mediterranean to Egypt

• Alexander's Empire

• Cairo's Empire

• Cesear's Empire

• Plato's empire

a citadel, or fortress, that housed the city’s municipal and religious buildings

• municpal prison

• cathedral

• Acropolis

• city-state

Considered one of the greatest thinkers of all time, continues to influence Western civilization

• Zeus

• Athena

• Plato

• Alexander