Ancient Greece Key Terms

Greek word for "city state"

• Acropolis

• Polis

• Oligarchy

• Tyrant

A time period marked by great achievements

• Bronze Age

• New Age

• Classical Age

• Golden Age

A strong fortress atop a high hill, surrounded by the polis.

• Castle

• Fort

• Acropolis

• Kingdom

A type of government in which people rule themselves

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

• Self-Earned

• Oligarchy

Rich Landowners

• Pericles

• Homer

• Fables

• Aristocrats

A government which only a few people have power

• Democracy

• Shared government

• Oligarchy

• Patriarchy

People who had the right to participate in government

• Farmers

• Citizens

• Landowners

• Anyone 18 and older

A leader who held power through the use of force

• Tyrant

• Knight

• King

• Pericle

A brilliant elected leader who led the government from 460 BC until his death in 429 BC.

• Aesop

• Homer

• Sappho

• Pericles

A body of stones about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works

• Mythology

• Classical

• Fables

• Influence