Greece Vocab

a high hill upon which a Greek fortress was built

• acropolis

• aristocrat

• phalanx

• oligarchy

the ruler of a vast empire that extended from Macedonia to India

• Alexander
  the Great

• Julius
  Caesar

• aristocrat

• Qin
  Shihuangdi

a rich landowner or noble

• aristocrat

• citizen

• phalanx

• acropolis

a person who has the right to participate in government

• citizen

• aristocrat

• patrician

• plebeian

a type of government in which the people rule themselves

• republic

• democracy

• monarchy

• oligarchy

a government in which ruling power is in the hands of one person, usually a king or a queen

• tyranny

• monarchy

• oligarchy

• republic

stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works

• mythology

• reason

• consuls

• phalanx

a government in which only a few people have power

• oligarchy

• republic

• tyranny

• democracy

a war between Athens and Sparta

• Persian
  Wars

• Punic
  Wars

• Peloponnesian
  War

• Delian
  War

a series of wars between Persia and Greece

• Persian
  Wars

• Punic
  Wars

• Peloponnesian
  War

• Delian
  Wars