City / State in ancient Greek

  Athens
  Polis

Colorful painting completed on wet plastic

  Fresco
  Presto

Highest and most fortified point within a Greek city

  Acropolis
  Agia

Government in which a king or queen exercises central powers

  demacracy
  monarchy

Government headed by a privileged minority or upper class

  aristocracy
  democrat

Government in which ruling power belongs to a few people

  republican
  oligarchy

In ancient Greece, a massive tactical formation of heavily armed foot soldiers

  phalanx
  taliban

Government in which the people ruling power

  communist
  democracy

In ancient Greece, a ruler who gained power by force

  assistant
  tyrant

Lawmaking body

  legislature
  senate

System of government in which citizens participate directly in the day to day affairs of government rather then through elected reps

  Unaffiliated
  direct domacracy

Group of people sworn to make a decision in a legal case

  judges
  jury

Practice used in ancient Greece to banish or send away a public figure who threatened democracy

  ostracism
  true bill

Someone who seeks to understand

  Scientist
  philosopher

Murder of a public figure

  prosecution
  assassination

Absorb or adopt another culture

  assimilation
  production