Ancient Greece Vocabulary

A group of armed foot soldiers in ancient Greece arranged close together in rows is called a 

• phalanx 
•  polis 
• agora 
• peninsula

Philosophical method of questioning to gain truth 

• philosopher
•  agora 
• oracle
• socratic method 

Someone who seizes power and rules with total authority 

• philosopher
• tyrant 
•  oracle
• city-state

Government where only a few wealthy people hold power 

• democracy
• representative democracy
• oligarchy 
• tyrant 

ruled by the citizens

• democracy

• oligarchy

• aristocracy

• dictatorship

a long poem telling of the adventures of heroes

• epic

• haiku

• free-verse

the study of truth and wisdom

• philosophy

• mathematics

• algebra

• aristocracy

A city that governs itself and its surrounding territory

• City-State
• tyrant 
• philosophers 
• drama 

All citizens meet to debate and vote on government matters.

• Representative Democracy
• Oligarchy
• Tyrant
• Direct Democracy 

Greek Philosopher that believed absolute truth and real knowledge was within each person. His method to reach this truth was through questioning.

• Socrates
• Plato
• Aristotle
• Alexander the Great