Zoe Beane - Chapter 8 Vocab Quiz

What is the greek word for city-state?

• Polis

• Acropolis

• None of the above

What age was marked by great achievements?

• The Classical Age

• The Ice Age

• The Polis Age

• None of the above

This fortress often stood on top of a high hill called the ______.

• Classical

• Acropolis

• Polis

• None of the above

Democracy is _______.

• The type of government in which the people rule themselves.

• The type of government in which society is led by a single leader.

• The type of government in which the people of guided by a few leaders

• None of the above.

The aristocrats were _____.

• A group of rich landowners

• A group of poor homeless people

• A group of random people who sold personal items for profit

• None of the above

Oligarchy is _____.

• A government in which a few people rule over society

• A government in which a single leader rules over society

• A government in which the people rule themselves

• None of the above

Citizens are _____.

• People who had the right to participate in government

• People who ruled over a society

• None of the above

A person who held power through the use of force was a _______.

• Tyrant

• Aristocrats

• Citizens

• None of the above

Pericles was _______.

• a brilliant leader

• a powerless citizen

• an awful leader

• None of the above

True or false:

mythology is a body of stories about villains and evil people used to explain why bad things, such as bad karma, happen.

• True

• FALSE! Mythology is a body of stories about gods and heroes that try to explain why the world works.

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