Ancient GreeceVocabulary Words

Hannah Nichols

Acropolis

A large hill which the Greeks built their city-states around.

Agora

A place where Greeks meet and conduct business.

Assembly

A lawmaking place where people voted on issues that helped their city.

Citizen

A person who has certain rights and responsibilities to his or her country.

Colony

A group of people who lived apart from Greece but kept economic ties with it.

Democracy

A form of government where people vote to make decisions.

Jury

They hear evidence and make decisions in a court of law.

Monarchy

Government headed by one lawyer.

Polis

A Greek City-State

Philosophy

A study of wisdom and the right way of live.

Peloponnesian War

The war between Athens and Sparta

Oligarchy

The kind of government that is run by a small group of people.

Harbor

A sheltered place along a coastline.