Greece Vocabulary

5. Logical guess
10. Messenian person forced to work as a lowly farmer by Sparta
11. league with a Military alliance led by Sparta
12. League with a Military alliance led by the Athens
13. type of government were Democracy in which people elect representatives to make the nation’s laws
16. Military housing
17. The civilization of the ancient Greeks and Romans
18. Unjust use of power, or in ancient Greece a government run by a strong ruler
19. Foreigner in a Greek city-state, often a merchant or artisan
20. Hereditary class of rulers, Greek for “rule by the best people”
21. Oath taken by medical students swearing to practice medicine in an ethical way

1. Government in which a small group of people rule
2. battle where Greek victory over the Persian army that ended the First Persian War
3. The form of Greek culture that emerged after Alexander’s conquests
4. Legal member of a country or city-state
6. Greek city-state
7. Ownership and control of other people as property
8. Form of government in which citizens hold political power
9. Battle where Greek victory over the Persian navy during the Second Persian war
12. Type of Government in which citizens take part directly in the day-to-day affairs of government
14. Man responsible for the day-to-day operation of the government in Sparta
15. Person who pays rent, either in money or crops, to grow crops on another person’s land