Greece Vocab Review for Test

a city-state's marketplace and social center

(a)  

• agora
• acropolis
• helots
• polis

What is a colony?
(a)  

• settlement in a new territory
• marketplace
• body of land surrounded by water
• Persian empire divided into province

 slaves conquered by the Spartans

• helots

• hoplites

• tyrants

• polis

Mainland Greece is a __________, or a body of land with water surrounding three sides.

• city-state
• peninsula
• polis
• agora

What is democracy?

• a government ruled by the people

• a government ruled by one person

• a government ruled by a few people

• a government ruled by no one

a government where the power lies in the hands of a few rich men, known as aristocrats.

• oligarchy

• monarchy

• tyranny

• democracy

an independent Greek city-state

• polis

• acropolis

• ephor

• agora

a group of people who make laws.

• ephor

• assembly

• polis

• citizen

Which of the following best describes a polis?

• a marketplace where goods were traded

• a high hill on which a fortress was often built

• a period of great achievements

• a city-state

What is an acropolis?

• a fortress atop a tall hill in the center of the city-states

• a Greek word for a city-state

• city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state

• a body of stories about gods and heroes