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Gr 7 History Ch 6
Grade 7 History Ch 6 Review - Terms
Term | Definition |
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Zeus | king of all the Greek gods |
Apollo | Greek god of the sun |
polis | the Greek city-state |
acropolis | a hilltop fortress that served as a seat of government and religion |
agora | the Greek marketplace |
monarchy | rule by one |
aristocracy | rule by the "best" |
oligarchy | rule by a few rather than one or many; rule by a few rich men |
tyranny | a bad form of one-man rule |
democracy | rule by the many or the common people |
Helots | the common laborers who farmed the land for the ruling class |
Peloponnesian League | a league formed between Sparta and other Greek cities |
direct democracy | a government in which the people themselves make the big decisions directly, rather than indirectly through representatives |
Delian League | a defensive alliance formed by Athens to prevent anohter Persian invation |
philosopher | lover of wisdom |
phalanx | a large group of food soldiers trained to charge the enemy as a group |
Hellenic | Greek |
Parthenon | a beautiful temple to Athena |