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The peninsulas that make up Greece are the _________ and ________.peninsulas | Balkan and Peloponnesian |
Why did the Ancient Greeks farm less than other ancient civilizations? | Not enough fertile land |
Ancient Greeks lived in _________. | city-states |
What was the Ancient Greek econony based on? | The Sea, Trading |
Rule based on ONE king or queen | monarchy |
Rule based on rich, elite, landholders | aristocracy |
Rule based on power from a small, elite group of people is called an ________. | oligarchy |
Someone who gains power by force is a ______. | tyrant |
a law-making body or group of people | legislature |
Rule by all the citizens of a country (like by voting) is a ________. | democracy |
strait | a narrow body of water |
polis | a Greek city |
phalanx | foot soldiers |
acropolis | "high city" |
rhetoric | skilled speaking |
alliance | an agreement between 2 or more nations to protect each other in times of war |
jury | a panal of citizens sworn to make a decision in a court of law |
logic | rational thinking |
stipend | money paid to men who held public office |
colonization | Greeks controlled territories away from their primary city |