Ancient Greece

Peninsula

Piece of land nearly surrounded by water on 3 sides

Colony

A group of people living in a new territory who have ties to their homeland

Polis

A Greek city state

Agora

A gathering place; marketplace of Ancient Greece

Oral Tradition

The custom of passing down stories by mouth through generations

Myth

The custom of passing down stories by mouth through generations

Citizenship

Status of a member of a community with rights and duties

Oligarchy

A governed in which a small group actually has control

Direct Democracy

A form of democracy in which all citizens can participate, first hand, in the decision making process

Representative Democracy

Government in which citizens elect officials to administer polices

Philosophers

Hippocratic Oath

Hellenistic Era