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Ancient Greece Voc.
Term | Definition |
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Lavish | Spending, giving, having more than is necessary; extravagant |
Fortress | A secured place |
City-State | Small, independent communities |
Arable | Suitable for farming |
Polytheism | The belief in more than god |
Retrain | to keep; to hold secure or unchanged |
Elite | Small group of people |
Temperate | Mild climate |
Implementation | To take steps to put into practice; carry out |
Terrace | To form level flat areas resembling a series of steps into sloping land in order to farm |
Monarchy | Form of government in which the ruling power was a single person, king |
Oligarchy | Form of government in which a small number of elite men ruled |
Tyranny | Form of government in which a single person who had overthrown the previous ruler(s) had absolute power |
Democracy | Form of government in which the ruling power in the hands of the people |
Aristoract | Member of rich and powerful family |
Seize | To take hold of suddenly and forcibly |
Eligible | Having the right to do or obtain somthing |