Ancient Greece

A public market and meeting place in ancient Greece.

• Agora

• Acropolis

• Oracle

• City-state

A person who uses reason and logic to understand the world and natural events.

• Aristocrat

• Tyrrant

• Philosopher

• Monarch

A form of government originating in Athens in which the citizens govern themselves.

• Oligarchy

• Theocracy

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

The city-state in Greece where democracy developed.

• Sparta

• Corrinth

• Megara

• Athens

A high rocky hill where early Greeks built their cities, later became a center for religion; the most famous is in Athens.

• Agora

• Theater

• Acropolis

• Polis

In ancient Greece a holy place used to ask the Gods to tell them the future; the most famous is in Delphi.

• Oracle

• Peninsula

• Myth

• Fortune Teller

A city and its surrounding fields and villages with its own government, laws and traditions.

• City-State

• Civilization

• Town

• Peninsula

A body of land surrounded by water on 3 sides.

• Island

• Peninsula

• Plataue

• Agora

A story that is used to explain the natural world and teach a moral lesson.

• Myth

• Fiction

• Non Fiction

How was the development of ancient Greece different from that of Egypt and India?

• The Greeks were monotheistic

• The Greeks believed in the concept of reincarnation

• Civilizations in Greece did not develop along river valleys

• Greece became a powerful empire