Intro to Greece Vocab

5. People in Sparta who were forced to work as slaves for the Spartans. They were often people who had been conquered.
6. A high, rocky hill in an ancient Greek city where important buildings, like temples, were built—usually the center of religion and safety.
8. Stories the ancient Greeks told about their gods, goddesses, and heroes to explain nature, life, and the world around them.
9. The Greek word for city-state. It included the city and the land around it, and was the center of Greek life.
10. A narrow strip of land that connects two larger areas of land. Ancient Greece had an important isthmus that connected northern and southern Greece.

1. The open space in a Greek city used as a marketplace and a place where people gathered to talk, shop, and share ideas.
2. A large peninsula in southern Greece that was home to many important city-states, like Sparta.
3. New settlement started by a city-state in another land. It stayed connected to the original city and helped with trade and spreading Greek culture.
4. A city that ruled itself like an independent country, with its own government, army, and laws—common in ancient Greece.
7. A free person (usually a man) born in a city-state who had rights and responsibilities, like voting and owning land.