6th Grade Ancient Greece Vocabulary Quiz

pick the word that matches this definition: a fort, or top of a city, built on top of a hill

• acropolis

• agora

• polis

pick the word that matches this definition: a Greek, open air market where people gathered

• acropolis

• agora

• polis

pick the word that matches this definition: an ancient Greek city - state and the surrounding areas

• acropolis

• agora

• polis

pick the word that matches this definition: a settlement where people lived separated from, but ruled by a homeland

• colony

• cultural borrowing

• democracy

pick the word that matches this definition: the process by which one society takes ideas from other cultures

• colony

• cultural borrowing

• democracy

pick the word that matches this definition: government ruled by the people, in which people can elect their leaders

• colony

• cultural borrowing

• democracy

pick the word that matches this definition: relating to a long poem about heroic deeds

• fable

• epic

• isthmus

pick the word that matches this definition: a story that uses animal characters to teach morals

• fable

• epic

• isthmus

pick the word that matches this definition: a strip of land that connects two large pieces of land

• fable

• epic

• isthmus

pick the word that matches this definition: a group of allies

• league (alliance, like Sparta and Athens' alliances)

• majority rule

• mythology