Chapter 4 Vocabulary - Greece

What type of government is run by the richest and most powerful citizens?  

• Democracy
• Monarchy
• Oligarchy
• Theocracy

The Greek word for 'city-state' is...

• county
• town
• borough
• polis

What does the word "Democracy" mean?

• "rule by the government"
• "rule by the many"
• "rule by the wealthy"
• "rule by the people"

What are people called who pondered questions about life?

• philosophers
• ephors
• Pericles
• satraps

What are provinces in the Persian empire called?

• satrapies
• philosophers
• Dorians
• plis

What is the name of someone who rules with total authority?

• tyrant
• judge
• satrapies
• citizens

What is the name for a body of land with water on three sides?

• island
• peninsula
• valley
• delta

What is the type of government in which all people decide on government matters?

• Representative Democracy
• Oligarchy
• Direct Democracy
• Dictatorship

What is the type of government in which citizens choose a smaller group to make the decisions?

• Representative Democracy
• Oligarchy
• Direct Democracy
• Dictatorship

A market and a place where people meet and debate.

• polis
• agora
• phalanx
• colony