WORLD CIVILIZATION

CIVILIZATION

GREEK

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What word means a new settlement that keeps close ties to its homeland?
A
colony
B
phalanx
C
agora
D
dominate
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A POLIS is a settlement in a new territory that keeps close ties to its homeland. A COLONY is an ancient Greek city-state.

Detailed explanation-2: -A colony is a group of people who settle in a new place but keep ties to their homeland.

Detailed explanation-3: -A colony is a group of people from one country who build a settlement in another territory, or land. They claim the new land for the original country, and the original country keeps some control over the colony. The settlement itself is also called a colony. The practice of setting up colonies is called colonialism.

Detailed explanation-4: -A colony is a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country.

Detailed explanation-5: -Definitions of colonist. a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country. synonyms: settler.

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