Ancient Greece Vocabulary

Age marked by great achievements

• Utopian

• Classical

• Ice

• Middle

A fortress on a high hill which was usually surrounded by a town.

• Tower

• Castle

• Acropolis

• Mountain top

Greek storyteller. He wrote in fables.

• Pericles

• Edgar Allen Poe

• Nancy Drew

• Aesop

A leader who holds power using force.

• President

• King

• Tyrant

• Military Leader

Mythology

• A body of stories about gods and heroes

• The word for Ancient Greece

• Government in which only a few people have power

Who is considered a citizen?

• People who live in a city-state.

• Land owners.

• People who come from another city-state.

• People who have the right to participate in government

Led the Athens government from 460 BC until 429 BC. Athens reached its height under his reign.

• George Washington

• Pericles

• King Edward

• Polis

Rich landowners are called

• Democrats

• Citizens

• Aristocrats

What is an Oligarchy?

• Grumpy Leader

• A large piece of land.

• Government in which only a few people have power.

• A fast current in the Nile River.

Name for a City-State.

• Polis

• Town

• Principality

• Fable