Social Studies Unit 3 Chapter 3 Vocabulary

archipelago

• a narrow piece of land that connects two larger landmasses

• a city-state of ancient Greece

• an area settled by people who come from elsewhere

• a chain of islands

isthmus

• a narrow piece of land that connects two larger landmasses

• a chain of islands

• in ancient Greece, a person with legal rights and responsibilities in a

  city-state

• a city-state of ancient Greece

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

colony

• in ancient Greece, a person with legal rights and responsibilities in a

  city-state

• a city-state of ancient Greece

• an area settled by people who come from elsewhere

• the upper or noble class whose members’ status is usually

  passed down through family; government by such a class

polis

• in ancient Greece, a person with legal rights and responsibilities in a

  city-state

• a city-state of ancient Greece

• a type of government in which one person holds all power, usually

  ruling in a harsh and brutal way

• the upper or noble class whose members’ status is usually

  passed down through family; government by such a class

citizen

• a type of government in which one person holds all power, usually

  ruling in a harsh and brutal way

• a type of government in which one person holds all power, usually

  ruling in a harsh and brutal way

• a government where all power is held by a small group of

  wealthy or powerful people

• in ancient Greece, a person with legal rights and responsibilities in a

  city-state

tyranny

• a type of government in which one person holds all power, usually

  ruling in a harsh and brutal way

• the upper or noble class whose members’ status is usually

  passed down through family; government by such a class

• in ancient Greece, a person with legal rights and responsibilities in a

  city-state

• a government where all power is held by a small group of

  wealthy or powerful people

aristocracy

• a government where all power is held by a small group of

  wealthy or powerful people

• the upper or noble class whose members’ status is usually

  passed down through family; government by such a class

• a type of government in which one person holds all power, usually

  ruling in a harsh and brutal way

• a form of government in which people choose their leaders

oligarchy

• a form of government in which people choose their leaders

• a group of people who listen to information presented in court and

  make decisions about whether or not someone is guilty

• a government where all power is held by a small group of

  wealthy or powerful people

• a foreigner living in an ancient Greek city

democracy

• a group of people who listen to information presented in court and

  make decisions about whether or not someone is guilty

• a government where all power is held by a small group of

  wealthy or powerful people

• a form of government in which people choose their leaders

• the upper or noble class whose members’ status is usually

  passed down through family; government by such a class

jury

• a foreigner living in an ancient Greek city

• a group of people who listen to information presented in court and

  make decisions about whether or not someone is guilty

• the study of ways of thinking and making reasonable arguments

• a form of government in which people choose their leaders