Ancient Greek Civilization

a city-state in ancient Greece

• polis

• township

• village

• territory

the spread of ideas or products from one culture to another

• cultural segregation

• cultural diffusion

• cultural seclusion

• cultural isolation

relating to ancient Greek or Latin literature, art, or culture

• classical

• contemporary

• antiquity

• humanistic

Spartan slave

• patrician

• helot

• plebeian

• patriarch

the study of the basic ideas about society, education, and right and wrong; basic beliefs, concepts, and attitudes

• anthropology

• psychology

• mythology

• philosophy

collection of myths or stories that people tell about their gods and heroes

• philosophy

• fables

• mythology

• allegory

government where all of the people have a say in making laws

• oligarchy

• monarchy

• tyranny

• democracy

a piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides

• peninsula

• island

• subcontinent

• cape

government where a few wealthy individuals hold the power

• democracy

• monarchy

• oligarchy

• tyranny

a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state

• empire

• township

• city-state

• village