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Vocab-YOU-lary
100

This government is run by a king

What is a monarchy

100

All Greek city states spoke the same 

What is language 

100

Greece is defined as a ______ because it is surrounded by water on 3 sides.

What is a peninsula 

100

This is another term for city-state 

What is polis

100

This is the belief in many gods

What is polytheism 

200

This form of government gives the rich all the power 

What is an oligarchy

200

Greeks believed that women needed to be this

What is protected and guided by men

200

This is the body of water to the south of Greece

What is the Mediterranean Sea 

200

A rocky hilltop

What is an acropolis

200

This is the belief in one god

What is monotheism

300

This form of government is when power is taken by force

What is a tyranny

300

This is a separate and independent state

What is a city-state 

300

This is the island where the Minoans were from 

What is Crete

300

A market and meeting place 

What is an agora

300

This is the raising of plant and animals for human use- to tame plants and animals.

What is domestication

400

This form of government gives the power to the people

What is democracy 

400

This is a peninsula in the Mediterranean 

What is Greece

400

This is the sea to the east of Greece

What is the Aegean 

400

Citizen foot soldiers/ citizen army

What are hoplites

400

These are the physical characteristics of the land- what makes up the earths surfaces  

What is geography

500

Athens was the birthplace of this

What is democracy

500

The Greeks relied on this because of the rocky and mountainous geography made it difficult to farm. 

What is the sea and/or trade

500

This sea gets its name due to its deep and dark  color 

What is the Black Sea 

500

A military machine used on the sea- has three rows of oars. 

What is a trireme

500

This the the money used by a group or nation

What is currency