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Greek Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Settlement | a small community or village. |
| Shelter | a place that provides protection from weather, such as a house. |
| Colonist | a person who lives in a colony. |
| Merchant | a person who makes money by selling goods. |
| Monarch | a single ruler who holds all the power in a county or empire. |
| Aristocrat | a member of the most powerful class in ancient Greece. |
| Oligarch | one of several people who rule a country or empire together sharing the power |
| Tyrant | a person who seizes power illegally. |
| Citizen | a member of democracy who has certain rights and responsibilities. |
| Assembly | a group of citizens in an ancient Greek democracy who has the power to pass laws. |
| Peloponnesus | the peninsula forming the southern part of the mainland of Greece |
| Agora | a marketplace in Greece |
| priestess | a female priest |
| calvary | soldiers who ride on horses |
| Hellespont | the long, narrow body of water between Europe and Asia in present-day Turkey |
| acropolis | the hill above a Greek city on which temples were built |
| Parthenon | the temple honoring Athena |