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Ancient Greece Vocab
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History
6th Grade
12/06/2010

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Peninsula
Definition
land with water on three sides
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Epic
Definition
a long poem
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acropolis
Definition
a high rock hill on or near which early people built cities
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city-state
Definition
a city with its own traditions and laws
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aristocrat
Definition
a member of a wealthy family
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tyrant
Definition
a ruler who seized power by force
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democracy
Definition
a form of government in which citizens govern themselves
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tribute
Definition
 a payment made by a less powerful state or nation to a more powerful one
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Immortal
Definition
someone or something that lives forever
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philosopher
Definition
someone who uses reason to understand the world
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tragedy
Definition
 a type of serious drama that ends in disaster for the main character
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agora
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a public market and meeting place in an ancient Greek city 
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plague
Definition
 a widespread disease
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blockade
Definition
the cutting off of an area by enemy forces that closes it to travel and trade
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barbarian
Definition
a person considered to be wild and uncivilized
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assassinate
Definition
to murder for political reasons
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hellenistic
Definition
describing Greek culture after the death of Alexander the Great
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