An independent city that controlled the surrounding area
Acropolis
Citizen
City-state
Rhodes
"High city" in Greek; the upper part of an ancient Greek city
Citizen
Aristocracy
Politics
Acropolis
Art and practice of government according to the Greeks
Citizen
Peninsula
Acropolis
Politics
Largest Greek island in the Mediterranean Sea, southeast of Greece
Oligarchy
Peninsula
Athens
Crete
A Greek island, lying east of Crete in the Aegean Sea
Rhodes
Athens
Crete
Peninsula
The capital of Greece and the most powerful of all ancient Greek city-states
Peninsula
Athens
Tyranny
Crete
Political power held by a small group of people
Oligarchy
Democracy
Rhodes
Athens
A system of government in which citizens vote to make governmental decisions
Tyranny
Citizenship
Oligarchy
Democracy
Membership in a community in which people help make government decisions
tyranny
Rhodes
Citizenship
Crete
A political system in which citizens participate directly in decision-making
Aristotle
Sparta
Direct Democracy
Phalanx
A political system where citizens elect others to represent them in government
Representative Democracy
Sparta
Socrates
Direct Democracy
The largest ancient Greek city-state, located on the southern Peloponnesus
Phalanx
Democracy
Citizen
Sparta
Greek philosopher; sentenced to death for corrupting Athens youth
Direct Democracy
Phalanx
Representative Democracy
Socrates
