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GREECE VOCAB
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| settlement | a small community or village |
| a place that provides protection from weather such as a house | shelter |
| colonist | a person who lives in a colony |
| a person who makes money by selling goods | merchant |
| istmus | a narrow strip of land,boarded on both sides by water,connecting two larger bodies of land |
| an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for isthmus connecting it with main land | peninsula |
| direct democracy | every citizen can vote on every issue |
| people vote for a Representative and decide on the issues | Representative democracy |
| a name given to priest or priestess that can talk to the gods | oracal |
| a single ruler,such as a king,queen,or emperor who hold the power in country or empire | monarch |