Ancient Greece: Vocabulary

a violent action in opposition to a government or law

• revolt

• reform

• resistance

• rebellion

an arm of the Mediterranean Sea, east of Greece

• Aegean Sea

• Ionian Sea

• Tyrrhenian Sea

• Adriatic Sea

a large sea located south of Greece

• Aegean Sea

• Ionian Sea

• Mediterranean Sea

• Adriatic Sea

a long, narrow stretch of land that is surrounded by water on three sides

• island

• peninsula

• cape

• delta

a peninsula forming the southern part of the mainland of Greece

• Peloponnese

• Crete

• Euboea

• Rhodes

a slave

• helot

• serf

• bondman

• indentured servant

an independent state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory

• city-state

• nation-state

• township

• metropolis

an area of land that is part of a continent

• mainland

• island

• peninsula

• archipelago

a person who has certain rights and duties in a city-state or nation

• citizen

• foreigner

• immigrant

• tourist

the hill above a Greek city, on which temples were built

• acropolis

• parthenon

• forum

• agora