Unit 3 Chapter 3 Vocabulary: Ancient Greece

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a chain of islands

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archipelago

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a group of people who listen to information presented in court and make decisions about whether or not someone is guilty

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jury

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an enslaved person in Spart

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helot

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a city-state of ancient Greece

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polis

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the upper or noble class whose members' status is usually passed down through family; government by such class

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aristocracy

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a narrow piece of land that connects two larger landmasses

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isthmus

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In ancient Greece, a person with legal rights and responsibilities in a city-state

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citizen

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the study of ways of thinking and making reasonable arguments

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logic

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a foreigner living in an ancient Greek City

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metic

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a type of government in which one person holds all power, usually ruling in a harsh and brutal way

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tyranny