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| polis | city state that revolves around a city |
| acropolis | a large hill where city residents could seek shelter and safety in a war |
| agora | a marketplace and meeting place |
| citizen | a person with rights & responsibilities only men could be citizens' |
| oligarchy | a type of government which a small group of citizens make decisions |
| monarchy | a goverment ruled by a king or queen |
| democracy | a system of government in which citizens vote to make governmental decisions |
| colony | a community under conrol of a another country |
| Homer | a greek poet |
| Athens | most powerful of all ancient Greek city-states |
| Sparta | the largest ancient Greek city-state |
| Mount Olympus | the highest moutain in Greece where people believed the gods and godesses lived there |
| assembly | lawmaking body of government |
| jury | group of citizens who make decisions in a court of law |
| philosophy | search for wisdom and the right way to live |
| Peloponnesian Wars | 431B.C. War between Athens and Sparta |
| Pericles | Athenian leader-poor and rich in gov. |
| Socrates | teacher who taught philosophy |
| Plato | Socrates' student who became a famous philosopher |
| Acropolis | largest religious center of Athens |
| Parthenon | temple in the Acropolis to Athena made of marble |
| Alexander | conquered many areas in Persian empire, spread greek culture |
| Aristotle | philosopher, teacher of Alex. |
| Macedonia | powerful kingdom who conquered most of Greece in 336 B.C. |
| Alexandria | City developed by Alex in Egypt. Powerful Greek Civilization |
