Unit 3 Vocab

3. democracy in which people elect representatives to make the nation’s laws
5. Greek city-state
6. oath taken by medical students swearing to practice medicine in an ethical way
7. 18-foot-long Macedonian pike
8. “high city” in Greek; the upper part of an ancient Greek city, where public buildings and the city’s defenses were located
13. foreigner in a Greek city-state, often a merchant or artisan
15. man responsible for the day-to-day operation of the government in Sparta
16. person who pays rent, either in money or crops, to grow crops on another person’s land
17. Greek military formation of heavily armed foot soldiers who moved together as a unit
19. collection of myths or stories that people tell about their gods and heroes
21. art and practice of government
22. Messenian person forced to work as a lowly farmer by Sparta

1. school of philosophy founded by Plato
2. form of government in which citizens hold political power
4. complex society that has cities, a well-organized government, and workers with specialized job skills
9. government in which a small group of people rule
10. hereditary class of rulers, Greek for “rule by the best people”
11. government in which citizens take part directly in the day-to-day affairs of government
12. the form of Greek culture that emerged after Alexander’s conquests
14. form of teaching in which the teacher asks students question after question to force them to think more clearly
18. worship of many gods or deities
20. unjust use of power, or in ancient Greece a government run by a strong ruler