Ancient Greece Vocabulary

A period marked by great achievements

• Classical
• Epic
• Hellenistic
• Hellenic

A rich landowner or noble, means "the best"

• Aristocrat
• Citizen
• Oligarch
• Monarch

Hears evidence and makes decisions in a court of law

• Citizens
• Jury
• Monarch
• Tyrant

An area of land nearly surrounded by water on three sides

• Island
• Isthmus
• Peninsula
• Harbor

A government run by a small group of wealthy citizens

• Democracy
• Oligarchy
• Monarchy
• Tyrany

They had rights and responsibilities in Greek city-states

• Citizens
• Slaves
• Foreigners
• Women

Form of government where people vote to make decisions

• Democracy
• Oligarcy
• Monarchy
• Tyrany

The search for wisdom and the right way to live

• Democracy
• Philosophy
• Monarchy
• Tyrany

A group of Greek warriors who stood close together in a rectangular formation

• Hoplite

• Peninsula

• Phalanx

• Oligarchs

A new culture that combined Greek ideas with African and Asian traditions

• Hellenic
• Hellenistic
• Mesopotamian
• Minoan