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