Chapter 4 Study Guide

Front

A narrow body of water with land on both sides.

Back

Strait

Front

Thinkers who ponder the questions about life.

Back

Philosopher

Front

Someone who rules with total authority.

Back

Tyrant

Front

A system of government in which power is in the hands of a king or queen

Back

Monarchy

Front

People who were captured and enslaved by the Spartans

Back

Helots

Front

A settlement in a new territory with close ties to its homeland.

Back

Colony

Front

A Greek city-state.

Back

Polis

Front

A body of land with water on 3 sides.

Back

Peninsula

Front

The Citizen Soldiers of Ancient Greece.

Back

Hoplites

Front

A narrow mountain pass in Greece where a battle between the Spartans and Greece took place.

Back

Thermopylae