"6th Grade Ancient G Word Scramble
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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. |
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