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NMS WH The Greeks
WH Unit 7-8 The Greeks Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| achievement | something done successfully |
| authority | the right to give orders to someone else |
| bard | a storyteller |
| channel | a strait or narrow sea between two land masses |
| colony | a group of people living in a new territory who have ties to their homelands |
| democracy | a government where all citizens share in running the government |
| direct democracy | a government where citizens participate first-hand in the decision-making process |
| dominate | control; the most important part or idea |
| epic | - a long story that teaches a lesson - passed down from generation to generation - the first Greek stories and poems |
| fable | _ a short story that teaches a lesson - some written by Aesop - usually has animals |
| Hellenistic Era | the period between the death of Alexander the Great and the rise of the Roman Empire (323 BC - 31 BC) |
| military society | everything in the community was centered on the army |
| myths | stories used to explain religious beliefs |
| obedient | follows the rules; does what they are told to do without question |
| oligarchy | a government in which a small group has control |
| peninsula | land surrounded by water on three sides |
| representative democracy | a government where citizens elect officials to govern on their behalf |
| the Dark Age | a time when trade and farming failed and many people stopped reading and writing |
| tyranny (tyrant) | a government where someone seizes (takes) power and rules with total authority (no limits) |
| tyrant | someone who seizes or takes power and rules with total authority (no limits) |
| seize | take |
| dominate | take control; the most important part or idea |
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