8th Grade Chapter 7 Test

a piece of land nearly surrounded by water

• Peninsula

• Desert
• Mountain
• Forest

Someone who writes or performs epic poems or stories about heroes and their deeds

• Bard
• Knight
• Scribe
• Monk

a group of people living in a new territory who have ties to their homeland; the new territory itself

• Colony
• Migration
• Nomadic Tribe
• Exile

a gathering place; marketplace in ancient Greece

• Agora
• Acropolis
• Parthenon
• Olympia

the name for a Greek city-state

• Polis
• Metropolis
• Acropolis
• Agora

an absolute ruler unrestrained by law

• Monarch
• President
• Prime Minister
• Tyrant

a government by the people

• Democracy
• Monarchy
• Oligarchy
• Autocracy

enslaved people in ancient Sparta

• Were treated as equals
• Were allowed to own property
• Were called Helots and were owned by the state
• Were allowed to vote

the governor of a province in ancient Persia

• Satrap
• Pharaoh
• Emperor
• King

a person who searches for wisdom or enlightenment

• Philosopher
• Psychologist
• Sociologist
• Anthropologist