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Ancient Greece12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| an area of land nearly surrounded by water | peninsula |
| a long poem that tells a story | epic |
| a high,rocky hill or near which early people built cities | acropolis |
| a city with it's own traditions and its own government and laws; both a city and a separate independent state | city-state |
| a member of a rich and powerful family | aristocrat |
| a ruler who takes power with the support of the middle and working classes; not necessarily cruel and violent | tyrant |
| a form of government in which citizens govern themselves | democracy |
| a payment made by a less powerful state or nation to a more powerful one | tribute |
| someone or something that lives forever | immortal |
| someone who uses reason to understand the world;in Greece, the earliest philosopher used reason to explain natural events | philosopher |
| a type of serious drama that ends in disaster for the main character | tragedy |
| a public market and meeting place in an ancient Greek city | agora |
| a widespread disease | plague |
| the cutting off of an area by enemy forces that closes it to travel and trade | blockade |
| a person who belongs to a group that another group considers to be savage or uncivilized | barbarian |
| to murder for political reasons | assassinate |
| describing Greek culture after the death of Alexander the Great, including the three main kingdoms formed by the breakup of Alexander's empire | Hellenistic |