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Java Games: Flashcards, matching, concentration, and word search. |
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The Olympic Games / Vocabulary
Use the games to help you study for Chapter 5.
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| strait | narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies of water |
| polis | city-state |
| acropolis | high point of a Greek city |
| monarchy | rule by a king |
| aristocracy | rule by the landowning elite |
| oligarchy | rule by a group |
| phalanx | military formation |
| democracy | rule by the people |
| legislature | lawmaking body of the government |
| tyrant | take power by force |
| direct democracy | citizens make the laws |
| representative democracy | choose people to make the laws |
| rhetoric | art of public speaking |
| tragedy | drama with an unhappy story |
| comedy | drama that are humorous |
| Hellenistic | culture with a mixture of Greek, Persian, Egyptian and Indian |
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