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Greece
Term | Definition |
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peninsula | a piece of land nearly surrounded by water |
bard | a storyteller; someone who writes or performs epic poems or stories about heroes and their deeds |
colony | settlement in a new territory that has close ties to its homeland |
agora | a marketplace in ancient Greece |
polis | a Greek city-state |
tyrant | someone who seizes power and rules with total authority |
oligarchy | a govt where a few wealthy people hold power over the larger group of citizens |
democracy | a govt in which all citizens share in running the government |
helots | Spartan name for their slaves |
ephors | high-ranking Spartan officials; they enforced the laws and collected taxes |
satrap | governor of a Persian province |
satrapy | the territory governed by the satrap |
Zoroastrianism | Persian religion based on the belief of one god |
direct democracy | all citizens meet to debate and vote on govt matters |
representative democracy | citizens elect a smaller group of people to represent them , make laws and govern on their behalf |
philosophers | thinkers who reflect on the meaning of life; a person who searches for wisdom or enlightenment |