Chapter 10 section 1 Flashcards

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Greek city-state

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Polis

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2
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legal member of a country or city-state

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Citizen

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3
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“high city” in Greek; the upper part of an ancient Greek city, where public buildings and the city’s defenses were located

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Acropolis

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4
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art and practice of government

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Politics

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5
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hereditary class of rulers, Greek for “rule by the best people”

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Aristocracy

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6
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land area almost surrounded by water

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Peninsula

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7
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an area of land that is part of a continent

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Mainland

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8
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Greek poet who wrote the epics the lliad and odyssey

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Homer

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9
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a highly advanced civilization that had a writing system and running water

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Minoans

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10
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governed by a monarchy and was later destroyed by the Dorians

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Mycenaeans

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11
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Polis had three kinds of inhabitants

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citizens, woman and free foreigners, slaves

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12
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government headed by a king

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Monarchy

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