Ancient Greece Vocabulary Review

A body of land surrounded by water on three sides.

• Chariot races

• Olympics

• Peninsula

An independent city with its own government, laws, and ways of life.

• City-state

• Direct Democracy

• Peninsula

The building in Ancient Greece which honored the goddess Athena.

• City-state

• Direct Democracy

• Parthenon

An important architectural feature that was used in the Parthenon as well as in modern buildings today.

• City-state

• Direct Democracy

• Columns

A sporting event in Ancient Greece culture.

• Olympics

• Mountains

• Chariot races

The red and black form of art that included patterns and scenes from daily life.

• City-state

• Pottery

• Mediterranean Sea

A popular event athletes participated in during the Olympics.

• Chariot races

• Olympics

• Parthenon

Ancient Greece provided limited farming because of the geographic features.

• Mountains

• Mediterranean Sea

• Olympics

The body of water surrounding the Greek peninsula.

• Mediterranean Sea

• Red Sea

• Nile River

The form of government in which people vote to make their own rules and laws.

• Pottery

• Columns

• Direct Democracy