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"6th Grade Ancient G
"6th Grade Ancient Greece"
Question | Answer |
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peninsula | An area of land almost completely surrounded by water and connected to the mainland by a narrow strip of land. |
acropolis | The fortified, or strengthened, hill of an ancient Greek city. |
aristocrat | A member of a rich and powerful family. |
tyrant | A ruler who takes power by force. |
democracy | A form of government in which citizens govern themselves. |
oracle | An ancient Greece, a sacred site where a god or goddess was consulted; any priest or priestess who spoke for the gods. |
philosopher | Someone who uses reason to understand the world; in Greece, the earliest philosophers used reason to explain natural events. |
tragedy | A type of serious drama that usually ends in disaster for the main character. |
Athens | A city-state in ancient Greece; the capital of modern-day Greece. |
agora | A public market and meeting lace in an ancient Greek city. |
vendor | A seller of goods. |
slavery | Condition of being owned by, and forced to work for, someone else. |
helot | A member of a certain class of servants in ancient Sparta. |
Peloponnesian War | A war fought between Athens and Sparta in ancient Greece, involving almost every other Greek city-state. |
plague | A widespread disease. |
blockade | An action taken to isolate an enemy and cut off its supplies. |
barbarian | A wild and uncivilized person. |
assassinate | To murder for political reasons. |
Alexander the Great | King of Macedonia from 336 to 323 B.C; conquerer of Persia and Egypt and invader of India. |
Hellenistic | Describing Greek history or culture after the death of Alexander the Great, including the three main kingdoms formed by the breakup of Alexander's empire. |