Ancient Greece Vocab Bayou Bridges

a chain of islands

• archipelago

• isthmus

• polis

• citizen

a narrow piece of land that connects two larger landmasses

• citizen

• democracy

• tyranny

• isthmus

an area settled by people who come from elsewhere

• polis

• colony

• citizen

• aristocracy

a city state of ancient Greece

• isthmus

• colony

• citizen

• polis

in ancient Greece a person with legal rights and responsibilities in a city-state

• polis

• colony

• citizen

• tyranny

type of government in which one person holds all power, usually ruling in a harsh and brutal way

• aristocracy

• tyranny

• oligarchy

• democracy

the upper or noble class whose members status is usually passed down through family; government

• citizen

• aristrocracy

• oligarchy

• democracy

a government where all power is held by a small group of wealthy or powerful people

• oligrachy

• aristocracy

• democracy

• colony

a form of government in which people choose their leaders

• tyranny

• aristocracy

• democracy

• polis

a group of people who listen to information presented in court and make decisions about whether or not someone is guily

• metic

• jury

• logic

• helot