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Greece Vocab
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a small comunnity or village | settlement |
| a place that provides protection from weather | shelter |
| a person who lives in a colony | colonist |
| a person that makes money by selling goods | merchant |
| a single ruler that holds all power in an empire or country | monarch |
| a member of the most powerful class in ancient Greek society | aristocrat |
| one of several people who rule a country or empire together, sharing the power | oligarch |
| a person who seizes power illegally | tyrant |
| a member of s democracy, who has certain rights and responsibilities | citizen |
| a group of citizens in an ancient Greek democracy with the power to pass laws | assembly |
| the peninsula forming the southern part of the mainland of Greece | peloponnesus |
| a marketplace in ancient Greece | agora |
| a female ptiest | priestess |
| soldiers who rode on horses | cavalry |
| the long, narrow body of water between Europe and Asia in present-day Turkey | hellespont |
| the hill above a Greek city on which temples were built | acropolis |
| the temple honoring the goddess Athena, built on the acropolis above Athens | parthenon |
| a traditional story that helps to explain a culture's beliefs | myth |
| the art of designing buildings | architecture |
| the art of creating 3D figures from such materials as wood, stone,and clay | sculpture |
| the art of writing, acting in,and producing plays | drama |
| the search for wisdom or knowledge | philosophy |
| a country or group that joins with another for a common purpose | ally |
| to choose someone to fill an office or a position | appoint |
| the branch of mathematics involving points,lines, planes, and figures | geometry |
| a measure of how far on earth is from an imaginary line that runs between the north and south poles on the globe | longitude |
| a measure of how far a place on earth is from the equator | latitude |
| a narrow strip of land bordered on both sides by water connecting two larger bodies of land | isthmus |
| a strip of land surrounded by water on three sides except the isthmus | peninsula |
| people vote for a representative and decide on the issues | representative democracy |
| a name given to a priest or priestess that can talk to the gods | oracle |
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JohnCulbertson
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