This document provides a vocabulary list of 18 terms for 6th grade social studies students related to ancient Greece. The terms cover topics like forms of government (democracy, aristocracy), geography (peninsula, polis), Greek literature (epic, tragedy, comedy), religion (myth, shrine, oracle), and military tactics (siege train). The vocabulary terms will help students learn key concepts for their upcoming unit on ancient Greece.

1. 6th
Grade Social Studies
Ms. Murray
2013-2014 Name:_____________________________
Date:____________________
Unit 2: Greece
Vocabulary
(Chapter 8 in Textbook)
1. Epic
2. Peninsula
3. Colony
4. Maritime
5. Polis
6. Aristocracy
7. Sponsor
8. Democracy
9. Spartan
10. Tyrant
11. Myth
12. Shrine
13. Oracle
14. Tragedy
15. Comedy
16. Philosophy
17. Siege train
18. Hellenistic