Ancient Greece Vocabulary - Test 1

a piece of land almost completely surrounded by water

• island

• peninsula

• colony

• coast

an attempted fusion of different religions, cultures, or philosophies

• polytheism

• inclusion

• Buddhism

• syncretism

storytellers

• ritual

• myth

• oracle

• bard

a group of people living in a new territory who have ties to their homeland

• colony

• civilization

• foreigners

• polis

a city-state in ancient Greece

• acropolis

• agora

• polis

• phalanx

a fortified part of an ancient Greek city, usually built on a hill

• colony

• polis

• agora

• acropolis

a gathering place; marketplace in ancient Greece

• agora

• polis

• acropolis

• colony

a heavily armed foot soldier in ancient Greece

• phalanx

• soldier

• hoplite

• helot

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

• phalanx

• hoplite

• helot

• formation

The 4-year time period between Olympic Games

• Olympics

• Olympiad

• Olympia