Vocabulary and Facts
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| Direct Democracy | A form of democracy in which all citizens can participate firsthand in the decisions making process
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| Polis | A Greek city-state
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| City-state | A city that governs itself and its surrounding areas
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| Aegean Sea |
Sea located east of Greece
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| Mediterranean Sea | Sea located south of Greece
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| Tyrant | A cruel ruler with no legal limits on power
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| Homer | Famous Greek blind poet who wrote the Illiad
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| Pericles |
Greek leader during the Golden Age
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| peninsula | piece of land surrounded by three sides of water
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| Peloponnesus | a peninsula connected to a narrow strip of land in southern Greece
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| Golden Age of Greece | A period in Greek society marked by great achievements
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| Mt. Olympus | Mountain in Greece where gods/goddesses were believed to have lived
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| Agora | A gathering place in Ancient Greece
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| Democracy | a government ruled by the people
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| Philosopher | A person who searches for wisdom. Socrates, Aristotle, Plato
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| Parthenon | Athenian temple built to honor the goddess Athena. Architecture used today in the U.S. and the Supreme Count
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| Acropolis | Fortress on a hill in the center of Greece
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| myth | a traditional story that explains a cultures belief in the natural world
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| colony | a group of people living in a new place
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| Aristocrat | Describes the "best" people
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