Chapter 7/8 Vocabulary

3. the art of public speaking and debate
4. the philosophy of the Stoics who believed that people should not try to feel joy or sadness
5. a Greek city-state
8. the territory governed by an official known as a satrap
11. a piece of land nearly surrounded by water
13. the governor of a province in ancient Persia
16. a group of armed foot soldiers in ancient Greece arranged close together in rows
17. democracy: a form of democracy in which citizens elect officials to govern on their behalf
18. words or actions that are part of a religious ceremony

1. a Persian religion based on the belief of one god
2. geometry: a branch of mathematics about measurement and relationships of points, lines, angles, surfaces, and solids in three-dimensional space
6. an absolute ruler unrestrained by law; harsh ruler
7. a person who searches for wisdom or enlightenment
9. a play or film in which characters fail to overcome serious problems
10. tradition: the custom of passing along stories by speech
11. geometry: a branch of mathematics centered around measurement and relationships of points, lines, angles, and surfaces of figures on a plane
12. method: philosophical method of questioning to gain truth
14. a sacred shrine where a priest or priestess spoke for a god or goddess
15. Greek teachers of philosophy, reasoning, and public speaking