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Ancient Greece vocab
TERMS RELATED TO GREECE
Question | Answer |
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City state | Individual cities in ancient Greece that had their own personalities, goals, laws & customs |
Polis | Region consiting of a city-state and its surrounding rurual areas |
Peninsulas | "Top of the hill" in the center of a city-state where they built temples, fortress, etc. |
Accropolis | Type of democracy where people as a whole make decisions, not just elected representatives |
Direct Democracy | A period in a scoitey's history marked by great achievements |
Parthenon | The temple that was a shrine to the goddess Athena |
Montheism | The belief that there is only one God |
Polytheism | The belief in more the one god or in many gods |
Golden Age | A period in a society's history marked by great achievements |