SSWH3 key terms

​ ​ (a)   war in which the Mycenaeans attacked the city of Troy

• Trojan War
• epic
• tyrant
• Persian Wars
• Peloponnesian War
• Hellenistic
• philosopher
• democracy
• acropolis
• Homer

​ (a)   Greek poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey

• epic
• tyrant
• Persian Wars
• Peloponnesian War
• Hellenistic
• philosopher
• democracy
• acropolis
• Homer

​ (a)   heroic story told in the form of a long poem

• Epic
• Homer
• tyrant
• Persian Wars
• Peloponnesian War
• Hellenistic
• philosopher
• democracy
• acropolis

​ (a)   traditional story that explains why the world is the way it is

• myth
• Homer
• tyrant
• Persian Wars
• Peloponnesian War
• Hellenistic
• philosopher
• democracy
• acropolis

​ (a)   city-state of ancient Greece

• polis
• Homer
• tyrant
• Persian Wars
• Peloponnesian War
• Hellenistic
• philosopher
• democracy
• acropolis

​ (a)   fortified hilltop in an ancient Greek city

• Homer
• tyrant
• Persian Wars
• Peloponnesian War
• Hellenistic
• philosopher
• democracy
• acropolis
• Trojan War

​ (a)   government ruled by a king or queen

• monarchy
• Homer
• tyrant
• Persian Wars
• Peloponnesian War
• Hellenistic
• philosopher
• democracy
• Trojan War

​ (a)   government ruled by a small group of noble families

• aristocracy
• Homer
• tyrant
• Persian Wars
• Peloponnesian War
• Hellenistic
• philosopher
• democracy
• Trojan War

​ ​ (a)   government ruled by a few powerful people

• oligarchy
• Homer
• tyrant
• Persian Wars
• Peloponnesian War
• Hellenistic
• philosopher
• democracy
• Trojan War
• aristocracy

​ (a)   powerful ruler who gained control of a city-state’s government by asking the common people for support

• Homer
• tyrant
• Persian Wars
• Peloponnesian War
• Hellenistic
• philosopher
• democracy
• Trojan War
• aristocracy