EOY 6th Grade Vocab

3. A government in which a small group has control
4. A line of rulers from one family
8. A high-ranked government official in Sparta who was elected by the council of elders
11. A Greek city-state
12. A waterfall or rapids in a river
16. A writing system made up of a combination of pictures and sound symbols
18. A reed plant that grows wild along the Nile River
20. A part of an army in which the soldiers ride horses
22. A fan-shaped area of silt near where a river flows into the sea

1. A piece of land surrounded by water on three sides.
2. A group of armed foot soldiers in ancient Greece arranged close together in rows
4. A government by the people
5. The study of the basic ideas about society, education, and right and wrong; basic beliefs, concepts, and attitudes
6. An enslaved person in ancient Sparta
7. A ruler of ancient Egypt
9. A traditional story that explains the practices or beliefs of a people, or something in the natural world.
10. A flat grassland, sometimes with scattered trees
13. A group of people living in a new territory who have ties to their homeland; a new territory
14. A sacred shrine where a priest or priestess spoke for a god or goddess
15. words or actions that are part of a religious ceremony
17. A great stone tomb for an Egyptian pharaoh
19. A gathering place; marketplace in ancient Greece
21. Someone who writes or performs epic poems or stories about heroes and their deeds