Ancient Greece Vocabulary (HQSD)

Battle formation of Greek Soliders in which they are lined up shoulder to shouluder.

• Phalanx

• Helot

• Polis

• Agora

Temple on the Athenian Acropolis that was dedicated to the goddess Athena.

• Agora

• Acropolis

• Polis

• Parthenon

Name for a Greek city-state.

• Agora

• Polis

• Phalanx

• Helot

People in Sparta who were basically slaves and were descendants of conquered people.

• Polis

• Phalanx

• Helot

• Agora

Form of government in which citizens vote on issues for the state.

• Indirect Democracy

• Direct Democracy

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

Government in which voters choose delegates to create the laws of government on their behalf.

• Indirect Democracy

• Direct Democracy

• Monarchy

• Tyranny

Citadel built on elevated ground in a city. The one in Athens is the most famous.

• Parthenon

• Acropolis

• Agora

• Polis

Gathering place in the center of Greek city-states.

• Agora

• Parthenon

• Acropolis

• Polis

Form of government that places power in the hands of a small, privileged ruling class.

• Helot

• Aristocrats

• Democracy

• Monarchy

A traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events.

• Polis

• Myth

• Agora

• Non-Fiction