Ancient Greece Vocabulary

direct democracy

• a group of people living in a new territory who have ties to their homeland; a new territory

• a government by the people

• a form of democracy in which citizens elect officials to govern on their behalf

• influenced; caused to change

tyrant

• a person who searches for wisdom or enlightenment

• an absolute ruler unrestrained by law; harsh ruler

• someone who writes or performs epic poems or

  stories about heroes and their deeds

• a government in which a small group has control

democracy

• a government by the people

• the governor of a province in ancient Persia 

  “Defender of the kingdom”

• a Greek city-state

• an absolute ruler unrestrained by law; harsh ruler

polis

• a form of democracy in which all citizens can participate firsthand in the decision-

  making process

• a group or set of 10; period of 10 years

• a city that governs itself and its surrounding territory

• a Greek city-state

city-state

• a gathering place; market- place in ancient Greece

• a city that governs itself and its surrounding territory

• a government by the people

• a government in which a small group has control

representative democracy

• a form of democracy in which citizens elect officials to govern on their behalf

• someone who writes or performs epic poems or

  stories about heroes and their deeds

• a form of democracy in which all citizens can participate firsthand in the decision-

  making process

• the governor of a province in ancient Persia 

  “Defender of the kingdom”

satrap

• the governor of a province in ancient Persia 

  “Defender of the kingdom”

• a person who searches for wisdom or enlightenment

• a group of people living in a new territory who have ties to their homeland; a new territory

• someone who writes or performs epic poems or

  stories about heroes and their deeds

decade

• a Greek city-state

• a city that governs itself and its surrounding territory

• a group of armed foot soldiers in ancient Greece arranged close together in rows

• a group or set of 10; period of 10 years

colony

• a group or set of 10; period of 10 years

• influenced; caused to change

• a group of people living in a new territory who have ties to their homeland; a new territory

• influenced; caused to change

oligarchy

• a form of democracy in which citizens elect officials to govern on their behalf

• a government in which a small group has control

• a city that governs itself and its surrounding territory

• an absolute ruler unrestrained by law; harsh ruler