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Ch.7 Vocabulary
Review for Social Studies Ch.7 Vocabulary (The Ancient Greeks)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| dominate | to control or influence something or someone |
| peninsula | a piece of land nearly surrounded by water |
| community | people with common interests living in a particular area; the area itself |
| conclude | to reach an understanding, to make a decision |
| economic | the system in a county that involves making, buying, and selling goods |
| decline | to move toward a weaker condition |
| bard | someone who writes or performs epic poems or stories about heroes and their deeds |
| colony | a group of people living in a new territory who have ties to their homeland; the new territory itself |
| polis | a Greek city-state |
| agora | a gathering place; marketplace in ancient Greece |
| tyrant | an absolute ruler unrestrained by law |
| oligarchy | a government in which a small group has control |
| democracy | a government by the people |
| helots | enslaved people in ancient Sparta |
| stability | the condition of being steady and unchanging |
| channel | a strait or narrow sea between two landmasses |
| direct democracy | a form of democracy in which all citizens can participate firsthand in the decision-making process |
| representative democracy | a form of democracy in which citizens elect officials to govern on their behalf |
| philospher | a person who searches for wisdom or enlightenment |
| emphasize | to attach a sense of importance to something; to express the importance of something |