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Chapter 7 The Glory of Ancient Greece Vocabulary

Chapter 7 The Glory of Ancient Greece Vocabulary. Athens. A city-state in ancient Greece; the capital of modern-day Greece. Agora. A public market and meeting place in an ancient Greek city. Vendor. A seller of goods. Slavery.

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Chapter 7 The Glory of Ancient Greece Vocabulary

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  1. Chapter 7 The Glory of Ancient GreeceVocabulary

  2. Athens • A city-state in ancient Greece; the capital of modern-day Greece

  3. Agora • A public market and meeting place in an ancient Greek city

  4. Vendor • A seller of goods

  5. Slavery • Condition of being owned by, and forced to work for, someone else

  6. Sparta • A city-state in ancient Greece

  7. Helots • In ancient Sparta, the term for slaves who were owned by the state

  8. Peloponnesian War • War fought between Athens and Sparta in ancient Greece; almost every other Greek city-state was involved in the war.

  9. Plague • A wide-spread disease

  10. Blockade • An action taken to isolate the enemy to cut off its supplies

  11. Barbarian • A person who belongs to a group that others consider wild, or uncivilized

  12. Assassinate • To murder for political reasons

  13. Hellenistic • Describing Greek history or culture after the death of Alexander the Great, including the three main kingdoms formed by the breakup of Alexander’s empire.

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