Ancient Greece Vocabulary

A Greek city-state is called a

Match the following philosophers

• Famous for using questioning techniques

• Plato

• Believed in practicing moderation and the use of reason

• Socrates

• Teacher who created "the Academy"

• Aristotle

Match the following types of government

• Power is shared between a small group of people

• Tyranny

• Power is wielded by force

• Oligarchy

• Only a small group of the wealthiest people hold power

• Democracy

• People have the power to rule themselves

• Aristocracy

In a democracy, the ​ (a)   participate in the government. In a ​ (b)   Democracy, citizens ​ (c)   directly. In a ​ (d)   Democracy, citizens ​ (e)   officials to represent them.

• citizens
• Direct
• participate
• Representative
• choose

Match the famous Greek to his description.

• Macedonian king who expanded his empire across 3 continents

• Pericles

• Athenian leader who promoted democracy

• Alexander the Great

• Possibly mythical poet who wrote The Iliad & the Odyssey

• Homer

• Doctor famous for the Hippocratic Oath, which ensures doctors do what is best for patients

• Hippocrates

A group of expert shipbuilder that settled on the island of Crete

• Mycenaeans

• Spartans

• Minoans

• Persians

The first Greeks who established colonies and built fortresses throughout Greece

• Mycenaeans

• Spartans

• Minoans

• Persians

Label Athens and Sparta

a

b

Sparta

Athens

In Ancient Greece, democracy was invented in ​ (a)   , while the city of ​ (b)   became a military society.

• Athens
• Sparta

Alexander the Great spread Hellenistic culture, meaning

• Macedonian-like culture

• Greek-like culture

• Roman-like culture

• Persian-like culture