Ancient Greece Vocabulary

Who were the Minoans?

• Group of expert shipbuilders that settled on the island of Crete

• The first Greeks who established colonies and built fortresses throughout Greece

• a city-state

• a high hill that housed the fortress of the city-state

What type of government gives the people the power to rule?

• Aristocracy

• Democracy

• Tyanny

• Oligarchy

What is another word for a city- state?

• Acropolis

• Polis

• Alliance

• Athens

Which city-state created the first democracy?

• Sparta

• Crete

• Thebes

• Athens

What is the type of government where power is shared with a small group of people?

• Democracy

• Tyranny

• Oligarchy

• Aristocracy

Who were the Mycenaeans?

• a Greek city-state where democracy was first created

• an agreement formed between groups to work together

• The first Greeks who established colonies and built fortresses throughout Greece

• Someone who has the right to participate in government

What is the highest part of a city-state called?

• Mythology

• Citizen

• Acropolis

• Oligarchy

What type of government has a small group of the WEALTHIEST people in power?

• Tyranny

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Aristocracy

What type of government has a small group of the WEALTHIEST people in power?

• Aristocracy

• Tyranny

• Oligarchy

• Monarachy

Someone who studies knowledge, reality, and existence.

• Teacher

• Professor

• Philosopher

• Sorcerer