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Unit 3 Chapter 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| archipelago | a chain of islands |
| isthmus | a narrow piece of land that connects two larger land masses |
| colony | an area settled by people who came from elsewhere |
| polis | a city-state of ancient Greece |
| citizen | in ancient Greece, a person with legal rights and responsibilities in a city-state |
| tyranny | a type of government in which one person holds all power, usually ruling in a harsh and brutal way |
| aristocracy | the upper or noble class whose members' status is usually passed down through family; government by such a class |
| oligarchy | a government where all power is held by a small group of wealthy or powerful people |
| democracy | a form of government in which people choose their leaders |
| jury | a group of people who listen to information presented in court and make decisions about whether or not someone is guilty |
| metic | a foreigner living in an ancient Greek city |
| logic | the study of ways of thinking and making reasonable arguments |
| helot | an enslaved person in Sparta |