Ancient GreeceVocabulary Words
Hannah Nichols
Acropolis
A large hill which the Greeks built their city-states around.
Agora
A place where Greeks meet and conduct business.
Assembly
A lawmaking place where people voted on issues that helped their city.
Citizen
A person who has certain rights and responsibilities to his or her country.
Colony
A group of people who lived apart from Greece but kept economic ties with it.
Democracy
A form of government where people vote to make decisions.
Jury
They hear evidence and make decisions in a court of law.
Monarchy
Government headed by one lawyer.
Polis
A Greek City-State
Philosophy
A study of wisdom and the right way of live.
Peloponnesian War
The war between Athens and Sparta
Oligarchy
The kind of government that is run by a small group of people.
Harbor
A sheltered place along a coastline.
