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