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| The Polis or Greek city-states were... | Independent politicial units |
| They had certain similarities such as an | Acropolis and an agora |
| What was the “upper city” | The acropolis |
| What was the highest point in the city state and the temple of the local god or goddes was located there | The acropolis |
| What was the open space that surrouned the acropolis. The market place and social center was located here | Agora |
| Monarchy | Single person rule |
| Aristocracy | Ruled by a smal group of elite, landowning nobles |
| Oligarchy | Ruled by a few powerful citizens |
| What was the geography seperating the city states | High mountains surrounded by plains and valleys |
| How did the city states develop | Independently with different laws and forms of government |
| What happend as the population grew in the city states | People became hungry and fights broke out |
| What was wrong with the farm land | Hot dry and rocky soil |
| Where did people go to establish colonies | Over seas |
| What boosted the greece economy | New resources from new colonies |
| Why did Cultural diffusion occur | Because of sea trade |
| What had a major effect of cultural diffusion | Greeks adopted phonecian alphabet |
