Greece Vocabulary

What is the name of a Greek city-state?

• agora
• phalanx
• polis
• forum

A ______________ is a hill fortress located in the middle of a polis.

• acropolis
• agora
• polis
• forum

What is a piece of land  that sticks out into the water (water on 3 sides)

• mountain
• island
• peninsula
• plataeu 

The _______________________ is an era or time period that had great inventions.

• Tyranny
• mythology
• acropolis
• Golden/Classical Age

What is a government called that has a strong leader that uses force?

• democracy
• tyranny
• theocracy
• oligarchy

What is the name of a government that is ruled by the people? (Invented in Athens)

• theocracy
• monarchy
• democracy
• tyranny

Who are the only people that have a right to participate in the government? (Only free men could be this in Athens)

• citizens
• kings
• slaves
• scribes

_____________ is the name for GREEK culture.

• mythology
• Hellenistic
• Hellenic
• Egyptian

_______________ is the name for Greek culture mixed with the culture of other cultures that were conquered by Alexander the Great.

• phalanx
• Hellenic
• mythology
• Hellenistic

What is based on comedy and tragedy?

• the religious ceremonies
• the kings laws
• The holy books
• Greek Theater