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Gr 7 History Ch 6
Grade 7 History Ch 6 Review - Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Zeus | king of all the Greek gods |
| Apollo | Greek god of the sun |
| polis | the Greek city-state |
| acropolis | a hilltop fortress that served as a seat of government and religion |
| agora | the Greek marketplace |
| monarchy | rule by one |
| aristocracy | rule by the "best" |
| oligarchy | rule by a few rather than one or many; rule by a few rich men |
| tyranny | a bad form of one-man rule |
| democracy | rule by the many or the common people |
| Helots | the common laborers who farmed the land for the ruling class |
| Peloponnesian League | a league formed between Sparta and other Greek cities |
| direct democracy | a government in which the people themselves make the big decisions directly, rather than indirectly through representatives |
| Delian League | a defensive alliance formed by Athens to prevent anohter Persian invation |
| philosopher | lover of wisdom |
| phalanx | a large group of food soldiers trained to charge the enemy as a group |
| Hellenic | Greek |
| Parthenon | a beautiful temple to Athena |