Ancient Greece Vocabulary

group of expert shipbuilders that settled on the island of Crete

• Minoans

• Mycenaeans

• polis

• acropolis

the first Greeks who established colonies and built fortresses throughout Greece

• Mycenaeans

• polis

• acropolis

• Athens

city-state

• polis

• acropolis

• Athens

• Sparta

a high hill that housed the fortress of the city-state

• acropolis

• Athens

• Sparta

• oligarchy

Greek city-state where democracy was first created

• Athens

• Sparta

• oligarchy

• aristocracy

Greek city-state that became a military society

• Sparta

• oligarchy

• aristocracy

• tyranny

a type of government where power is shared with a small group of people

• oligarchy

• aristocracy

• tyranny

• democracy

a type of government where only a small group of the wealthiest people have the power

• aristocracy

• tyranny

• democracy

• citizen

a type of government that uses force to rule

• tyranny

• democracy

• citizen

• direct democracy

a government that gives people the power to rule themselves

• democracy

• citizen

• direct democracy

• representative democracy