SS GREECE ( VOCAB)

Question 1

Urban

Answer 1

relating to a city

Question 2

Terrain

Answer 2

landscapes, especially its physical features

Question 3

Balkan Peninsula

Answer 3

A large peninsula in southeastern Europe contains the Balkan Mountain Range.

Question 4

Debates

Answer 4

A public discussion of issues by people who disagree.

Question 5

Citizen

Answer 5

A legal member of a country.

Question 6

Agora

Answer 6

Public market-place in ancient Greece

Question 7

Alliance

Answer 7

An agreement to work together

Question 8

Polis

Answer 8

A city-state in ancient Greece

Question 9

Rural

Answer 9

relating to farm areas and life in the country.

Question 10

Representative Democracy

Answer 10

A system of g’ment in which citizens elect representatives to make decisions about the law for all people.

Question 11

Direct Democracy

Answer 11

G’ment in which citizens vote on laws and select officials directly

Question 12

City-States

Answer 12

Large towns that conquered the surrounding countryside.

Question 13

Monarchy

Answer 13

G’ment by a single ruler

Question 14

Oligarchy

Answer 14

A g’ment ruled by a few powerful people.

Question 15

Commerce

Answer 15

The buying and selling of goods

Question 16

Tyrant

Answer 16

A cruel and oppressive leader

Question 17

Abundance

Answer 17

A very large quantity of something

Question 18

Isolated

Answer 18

seperated from eachother