History 4
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AlexaTracy23 on October 13, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 polis | city state |
| Acropolis | a place of refuge during an attack and sometimes came to be a religious center on which temples and public buildings were built |
| hoplites | heavily armed soldiers |
| phalanx | marching shoulder to shoulder in rectangle formation |
| democracy | government in which the people rule by the many |
| oligarchy | government rule by the few |
| helots | captured people; "capture" |
| ephors | group of five men, responsible for the education of youth and conduct of citizens |
| Age of Pericles | period of Athens and Greek history |
| direct democracy | people participate directly in government decision making through mass meetings |
| ostracism | practice that protect Athenians against overly ambitious politicians |
| oracle | sacred shrine where a god or a goddess revealed the future through a priest or a priestess |
| philosophy | refers to an organized system of thought |
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