Ancient Greece Key Vocabulary Words

a temple built on the acropolis of Athens

an advanced civilization on the island of Crete that influenced Greek culture 

a marketplace in ancient Greece

a form of government where only a few people have power

the first people to speak Greek ; built towns and fortresses on mainland Greece

a member of the most powerful class in ancient Greek society

a military leader who spread Greek culture throughout his vast empire

What do we call a body of land that is surrounded by water on three sides?

a form of government in which ruling power is in the hands of the people

a group of Greek warriors who stood in a square formation

a high hill upon which a Greek fortress was built

a protected part of a sea deep enough to anchor ships

a mountainous peninsula in southern Greece between the Ionian and Aegean Seas