Greece Vocabulary

2. Hereditary class of rulers, Greek for “rule by the best people”
5. League with a Military alliance led by the Athens
6. battle where Greek victory over the Persian army that ended the First Persian War
7. Oath taken by medical students swearing to practice medicine in an ethical way
12. Form of government in which citizens hold political power
13. The form of Greek culture that emerged after Alexander’s conquests
15. league with a Military alliance led by Sparta
17. type of government were Democracy in which people elect representatives to make the nation’s laws
20. Logical guess
21. Type of Government in which citizens take part directly in the day-to-day affairs of government

1. Government in which a small group of people rule
3. The civilization of the ancient Greeks and Romans
4. Person who pays rent, either in money or crops, to grow crops on another person’s land
8. Legal member of a country or city-state
9. Messenian person forced to work as a lowly farmer by Sparta
10. Military housing
11. Foreigner in a Greek city-state, often a merchant or artisan
14. Battle where Greek victory over the Persian navy during the Second Persian war
16. Ownership and control of other people as property
18. Greek city-state
19. Man responsible for the day-to-day operation of the government in Sparta
22. Unjust use of power, or in ancient Greece a government run by a strong ruler