History Vocabulary
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Polis | Greek word for a city state
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| Classical | Marked by great achievements
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| Acropolis | A high hill
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| Democracy | A type of government in which people rule themselves
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| Aristocrats | A group of rich landowners
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| Oligarchy | A government in which only a few people have power
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| Citizens | People who had the right to participate in government.
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| Tryant | A leader who held power through the use of force
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| Democracy | a type of government in which people rule themselves.
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| Aristocrats | Rich land owners
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| Oligarchy | A government in which only a few people have power
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| Citizens | people who had the right to participate in government
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| Tyrant | a leader who held power through the use of force
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| Mythology | a body of stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works.
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| Fable | a short story that teaches a lesson about life or gives advice on how to live
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| Homer | author of the Odessy and epis poems
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| Sappho | Famous for her poems
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| Aesop | Famous for his fables
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| Cyrus The Great | Cyrus won independence for Persia and conquered the Medes.His victory marked the beginning of the Persian Empire.
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| Immortals | Group of soldiers that were very strong and we thought to be impossible to conquer
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| Cavalry | A cavalry is a unit of soldiers who ride horses.
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| Darius I | Darius I claimed the throne and killed all his rivals for power he worked to restore order in Persia, Persian society and expanded the empire.
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| Satraps | Some one that is like a governors
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| Xerxes | Ten years after the Battle of Marathon, Darius’s son tried to conquer Greece again.
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| Peloponnesian War |
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