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| peninsula | land that is surrounded on three sides by water |
| colony | a territory that is under control of another, usually distant, country |
| polis | another name for city-state used by the Greeks |
| helot | a person captured by Sparta and forced to live as a slave |
| agora | the central marketing place of Athens and the site of numerous temples and government buildings |
| Acropolis | a hilltop fortress in Athens: on which stood the Parthenon and other famous buildings; "high city" |
| Sparta | a powerful Greek city-state (warriors) located on the southern tip of Peloponnesus |
| Athens | The capital of Greece; most important and powerful Greek city-state for centuries |
| Marathon | a plain in Attica, Greece, where the Athenians defeated the Persians in battle in 490 BC |
| monarchy | a system of government ruled by a queen or a king; "one ruler" |
| tyranny | a type of government in which all power is held in the hands of one ruler, usually a military leader |
| oligarchy | a government that is run by a few people, usually by members of rich, powerful families |
| democracy | a government run by the people in which citizens make their laws |
| assembly | the basic lawmaking body in a democracy, made up of a group of citizens |
| myth | a story about the gods and goddesses of a particular people |
| tragedy | a type of play developed by the ancient Greeks, in which life is treated seriously; usually has a sad ending |
| Socrates | about 470 - 399 BC, famous Greek philosopher and teacher |
| Plato | about 428 - 347 BC; Greek philosopher and student of Socrates |
| Alexander the Great | about 356 - 323 BC: King of Macedonia; conqueror of Greece and Persia |
| Aristotle | about 384 - 322 BC; an ancient Greek philosopher |
