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Peninsula
A body of land that is surrounded on three sides by water
Colony
A settlement under the control of a distant country
Acropolis
The hill above a Greek city, on which temples were built
Agora
A market and meeting place
Citizen
A person who has rights and duties in a nation
aristocrats
Wealthy men who usually had inherited a large amount of land
Assembly
A group of citizens with the power to pass laws
Custom
A practice that is common to people of a particular group or region
monarchy
A government in which the ruling power is in the hands of one person, usually a king
oligarchy
A government in which the ruling power is in the hands of a few people, usually wealthy
tyranny
A government in which absolute ruling power is in the hands of one person who is not the lawful king
democracy
A government in which the power is held by the people, who exercise it directly or through elected representatives
Greek architecture
The Greeks created amazing columns to support the temples they made to worship their gods
Greek government
Athens created democracy which we use in the United States today
Greek mathematics
The Greeks created and improved ways to measure shapes and spaces