Greece Vocab

3. logical guess
5. a form of government in which citizens hold political power
6. farmer a person who pays rent, either in money or crops, to grow crops on another person's land
12. worship of many gods or deities
13. legal member of a country or city-state
15. unjust use of power, or in ancient Greece a government by a strong ruler
16. membership in a state or community which give a person civil and political rights and obligations
18. military alliance led by Athens
20. new ways of doing things
22. to stop
23. the form of Greek culture that emerged after Alexander's conquest
24. a government in which a small group of people rule

1. collection of myths or stories that people tell about their gods and heroes
2. hereditary class of rulers, Greek for 'rule by the best people'
4. form of teaching in which the teacher asks students question after question to force them to think more clearly
7. society organized for the purpose of waging war
8. democracy in which people elect representatives to make the nations laws
9. the civilization of the ancient Greeks and Romans
10. 'high city' in Greek; the upper part of an ancient Greek city, where public buildings and the city's defenses were located
11. military alliance led by Sparta
14. a government in which citizens take part directly in the day-to-day affairs of the government
17. art and practice of government
19. Greek city-state
21. ownership and control of other people as property