Ancient Greece Vocabulary

more powerful

• Mythology

• Dominant

• Decimal system

• Strategic

a collection of myths or stories

• Decimal system

• Strategic

• Epic

• Mythology

a system based on the number ten

• Epic

• Decimal system

• Acropolis

• Strategic

of great importance

• Epic

• Acropolis

• Strategic

• Agora

a long poem that tells about important event in the life of a hero or heroes

• Epic

• Acropolis

• Agora

• Oligarchy

high city

• Agora

• Acropolis

• Oligarchy

• Aristocracy

an open aired marketplace

• Oligarchy

• Aristocracy

• Democracy

• Agora

government in which a few citizens make the decisions for everyone

• Oligarchy

• Aristocracy

• Policy

• Democracy

a small group of leaders form wealthy landowning families

• Democracy

• Aristocracy

• Barbarian

• Policy

a system of government in which all the people rule.

• Barbarian

• Policy

• Democracy

• League