Chapter 8 Greece Vocabulary

A peninsula that forms

the southern portion of Greece; site

of the Peloponnesian War.

• Peloponnesus

• Crete

• Athens

• Sparta

An island in the Mediterranean Sea off the

coast of Greece.

• Peloponnesus

• Crete

• Athens

• Sparta

A powerful city-state in ancient Greece,

where the world’s first democracy developed;

capitalof present-day Greece.

• Peloponnesus

• Crete

• Athens

• Sparta

A powerful city-state in ancient Greece.

• Peloponnesus

• Crete

• Athens

• Sparta

The earliest known civilization in Greece.

existed at the same time as

the Shang dynasty in China and as the New

Kingdom in Egypt.

• Minoan civilization

• Mycenaean civilization

developed on the mainland of Greece

made up of many cities. Each city had its own king.

• Minoan civilization

• Mycenaean civilization

The ________ war was a war between the Mycenaeans and

the city of Troy.

A form of government in which a few

people rule.

• oligarchy

• democracy

A form of government in which the

citizens of the country have the power.

• oligarchy

• democracy

A ______ A ruler who has absolute authority.