Chapter 7 (Ancient Greece)

A group of armed foot soldiers in ancient Greece arranged in rows.

• militia

• phalanx

• century

• battalion

Someone who writes or performs epic poems or stories.

• scribe

• storyteller

• bard

• pharaoh

A piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides.

• isthmus

• strait

• peninsula

• island

A Greek city-state.

• polis

• community

• agora

• acropolis

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

• civilization

• community

• polis

• colony

A gathering place; the marketplace in ancient Greece.

• acropolis

• agora

• polis

• phalanx

How many letters did the early Greek alphabet have?

• 26

• 21

• 24

• 13

What crops were grown by farmers in ancient Greece?

• wheat

• barley

• grapes

• corn

What was a citizen solider called in the Greek military?

• hoplite

• phalanx

• navy

• army

What two physical features dominated ancient Greece?

• mountains

• rivers

• farmland

• seas