Ancient Greece Vocabulary

A piece of land nearly surrounded by water is 

• a peninsula 
•  island 
• city-state 
• country

A Greek city-state is called 

• a colony 
• phalanx
•  agora
• polis 

A gathering place; marketplace in ancient Greece 

• polis
• colony
• agora 
• city-state 

A form of democracy in which all citizens can participate firsthand in the decision-making process is 

• direct democracy 
•  democracy
• oligarchy 
• representative democracy

A form of democracy in which citizens elect officials to govern on their behalf is 

• democracy
• representative democracy 
• direct democracy
•  oligarchy

A person who searches for wisdom or enlightenment

• teacher
• philosopher
•  tyrant
• oracle

the system in a country that involves making, buying, and selling goods

• colonies

• economic

• polis

• agora

a group of people living in a new territory who have ties to their homeland, a new territory

• ephors

• helots

• colonies

• peninsula

the time period following the death of Alexander the Great

• tyrant

• polis

• myth

• Hellenistic Era

Government where only a few wealthy people hold power 

• democracy
• representative democracy
• oligarchy 
• tyrant