Ancient Greece Vocab

city-state, which became the basic

political unit in Greece

• Polis

• acropolis

• agora

• Parthenon

a high area called an ________

addition to fortifications, the ______ usually

housed temples to the gods and spaces for public ceremonies.

• Polis

• Acropolis

• Agora

• Parthenon

marketplace, where people did business, gos-

siped, and discussed politics

• Polis

• Sparta

• Athens

• Agora

State slaves

• Agora

• Hoplites

• Helots

• Indentured servitude

Greek Soldiers

• Helots

• Hoplites

• militia

• Sons of liberty

Great pride in oneself

• Hubris

• Hoplites

• Tragedy

• Comedy

The Greeks Chief god

• Athena

• Poseidon

• Zeus

• Hades

A strong man who seized power by force

• Monarch

• Oligarch

• Tyrant

• Phalanx

A military formation composed of rows of soldiers standing shoulder to shoulder

• Hoplites

• Phalanx

• Helots

• Polis

The blending of Greek culture with those of Persia, Egypt and Central Asia

• Hellenistic

• Helots

• Hoplites

• Greecian