Ancient Greece Vocabulary

Who were the Minoans?

• Greek city-state where democracy was first created

• A military society

• The first Greeks who established colonies

• A group of expert shipbuilders that settled on the island of Crete

What is a Polis?

• A form of government

• A type of ship

• City-state

• A high hill

Where was democracy first created?

• Sparta

• Athens

• Mycenae

• Crete

What type of government did Sparta become?

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Military society

• Aristocracy

What is an Oligarchy?

• Rule by the wealthy

• Power shared with a small group of people

• Rule by a king

• Government by the people

Who was Pericles?

• Leader who promoted democracy

• Macedonian King

• A Greek philosopher

• A famous Greek doctor

What was the long-term war between Athens and Sparta that Sparta eventually won?

• Persian War

• Peloponnesian War

• Corinthian War

• Hellenistic War

Who wrote the Odyssey and the Iliad?

• Socrates

• Plato

• Homer

• Aristotle

What is Direct democracy?

• A form of democracy where citizens choose officials to represent them

• A government where only a small group has power

• A form of democracy that allows all citizens to directly participate

• Rule by force

What is Representative democracy?

• A form of democracy where citizens choose officials to represent them

• A government where only a small group has power

• A form of democracy that allows all citizens to directly participate

• Rule by force