Chapter 9 vocabulary quiz

battle formation where soldiers stand close to each other for protection

• siege

• phalanx

• jury

• catapult

humorous form of Greek drama tat often mocked famous people

• drama

• philosophy

• comedy

• mythology

group of people chosen to make a decision based on evidence presented at a trial

• jury

• siege

• representative democracy

• tragedy

the study of our universe and our place in it

• psychology

• comedy

• immortal

• philosophy

people are elected to vote on citizen's behalf

• direct democracy

• representative democracy

• phalanx

• jury

serious form of Greek drama where characters suffer before an unhappy ending

• drama

• comedy

• golden age

• truce

citizens gather together to vote on laws and policies

• democracy

• direct democracy

• plague

• cosmopolitan

period of great cultural achievement

• phalanx

• truce

• golden age

• Hellenistic

able to live forever

• golden age

• siege

• truce

• immortal

stories that explain events, beliefs or actions

• mythology

• siege

• truce

• Hellenistic