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Greece Vocabulary
Greek terms to know for 9th honors world history
| polis | city-state in ancient greece |
| acropolis | highest and most fortified point within a Greek city-state |
| monarchy | government in which a king or queen exercises central power |
| aristocracy | government headed by a priviledged minority or upper class |
| oligarchy | government in which ruling power belongs to a few people |
| tyrant | in ancient Greece, when a ruler who gained power by force |
| Democracy | government in which people hold the ruling poweer |
| helot | Messenians enslaved by the spartans |
| phalanx | in ancient Greece, a massive tactical formation of heavily armed foot soldiers |
| tragedy | in ancient Greece, a play about human suffering often ending in disaster |
| comedy | in ancient Greece, play that mocked people or social customs |
| direct democracy | system of government in which citizens participate directly in the day-to-day affairs of government rather than through elected officials |
| philosopher | someone who seeks to understand and explain life; a person who studies philosophy |