Vocabulary
A large hill where city residents could seek shelter and safety in times of war
Acropolis
A country made up of peninsulas, islands, and mountain-side city-states.
Greece
The name for a person enslaved by the Spartans
helot
Two groups of people that did *not* have the right to vote
women and slaves
Athenians honored this goddess by killing a cattle on the top of the Acropolis.
Athena
The author of "The Iliad" and "The Odyessy"
Homer
A large mass of land, three sides of which are bordered by water
"peninsula"
A large athletic competition, involving many sports, born in Ancient Greece, in which many city-states participated. It developed into the biggest international athletic competition in the world today.
Olympics
A form of government in which the ruling power is in the hands of one person who is *not* the lawful king or queen, where that power is usually taken by force.
Tyranny
This god was the ruler of all the Greek gods.
Zeus
A series of symbols or pictures that represent sounds
alphabet
The peninsula on which Sparta is located.
Peloponnesus
The worship or belief in many gods and/or goddesses.
Polytheism
Greece (Athens, in particular) is the birthplace of this form of government, that the United States uses today.
Democracy
She was known as the goddess of love and beauty.
Aphrodite
A clearing that served both as a marketplace and as a meeting place
"Agora"
This empire lived in the east, and tried to invade Greece.
Persia
One of the most important agricultural exports in Greece.
Olives(or Wine)
A system of government that Greece had during the Mycenaean period, in which the ruling power is in the hands of one person
Monarchy
The god born from Zeus's thigh and was the god of wine and plays.
Dionysus
A person who has certain rights and responsibilities in his or her country or community
citizen
The three seas that surround Greece and its 400 islands.
Mediterranean, Ionian, and Aegean Seas
An almost-invulnerable Greek god, who died from an arrow in his heel, his only vulnerable spot.
Achilles
A system of government where a small group of the richest and most powerful citizens controlled decision making, used by most city-states in the Archaic period.
Oligarchy
This hero gave fire to the humans, and was punished by Zeus by making his liver eaten out every night by an eagle.
Prometheus