Unit 2 Vocab

A city-state in Ancient Greece

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• Polis

• Township

System of government in which officials are chosen by the people.

• Democracy

• Republic

• Polis

• Theocracy

Government in which people hold the ruling power

• Polis

• Legislative

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another

• Cultural Diffusion

• Confucianism

• Confederation

• Polis

A city state in Ancient Greece that evolved into a direct democracy and became famous for its cultural achievements

• Knossos

• Sparta

• Athens

• Justinian

A city-state in Ancient Greece settled by the Dorians and built as a military state.

• Athens

• Sparta

• Knossos

• Crete

Lawmaking Body

• Legislature

• Polis

• Plebeian

• Oligarchy

Members of the class that included farmers, merchants, artisans, and traders

• Patrician

• Plebeian

• Tribune

• Oligarchy

A government in which ruling power belongs to just a few people

• Democracy

• Republic

• Dictartorship

• Oligarchy

Government headed by a privileged minority or upper class

• Oligarcy

• Democracy
• Aristocracy

• Monarchy