Ancient Greece Test Review

Greek name for a city-state

• acropolis

• agora

• polis

• penisula

a body of land surrounded on 3 sides by water.

• peninsula

• agora

• acropolis

• island

a fortress located on a high rocky hill, the highest point of a polis

• agora

• acropolis

• polis

• epic

an independent city — and sometimes its surrounding land — which has its own government, completely separate from nearby countries.

• city-state

• fable

• agora

• acropolis

form of government elected and controlled by the people

• oligarchy

• monarchy

• republic

• democracy

a form of government controlled by a small group of wealthy people

• oligarchy

• democracy

• monarchy

• theocracy

the home of the 12 main Greek gods and goddesses

• Mt. Rushmore

• Mt. Vesuvius

• Mt. McKinley

• Mt. Olympus

a body of stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works

• mythology

• tragedy

• Vedas

• scripture

a short story that teaches a lesson

• fable

• epic

• myth

• comedy

long poem about heroes and their good deeds

• epic

• tragedy

• myth

• epic