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Social Studies Ch.8

  1. a sheltered places with deep water close to shore
    harbor
  2. only a small strip of land
    isthmus
  3. a stretch of land that is surrounded by water
    peninsula
  4. a number of people who live in 1 square mile or 1 square kilometer of land
    population denisty
  5. the process by which a culture takes ideas from other cultures
    cultural borrowing
  6. records made by people who saw or took part in a past event
    primary sources
  7. all such stories and was passed down from generations to generation
    mythology
  8. a citizen-soldier of the Ancient Greek City-states
    hoplites
  9. a group of allies
    peloponnesian league
  10. a person conquered conquerd by Sparta who became a slave
    helots
  11. large-scale trade
    commerce
  12. rule by few people
    democracy
  13. a person who who takes control of a government by force
    tyrant
  14. rule by few
    oligarchy
  15. an open-air market where people gathered to trade and discuss the news of the day day in Greek city-states
    Argora
  16. a fort built on top of a large hill
    acropolis
  17. a city-state
    polis
  18. information about events by people who were not eyewitnesses
    secondary sources
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Social Studies Ch.8
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Social studies test
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