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Ancient Greece Vocab
Vocab words for 7th Grade Social Studies - Ch. 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| polis | Greek word for city-state |
| classical | filled with great achievements |
| acropolis | a fortress atop a tall hill in the center of the city-states |
| democracy | type of government in which people rule themselves |
| oligarchy | government in which only a few people have power |
| aristocrats | rich landowners |
| citizens | people with the right to participate in government |
| tyrant | leader who rules by the use of force |
| Pericles | Athenian leader who ruled at the height of Athenian democracy |
| mythology | body of stories about gods or heroes that tries to explain how the world works |
| Homer | author of two great epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey |
| Sappho | most famous lyrical poet of ancient Greece |
| Aesop | author of the world's most famous set of fables |
| fables | short stories that offer lessons on living |