Ancient Greece Vocabulary

A popular trade route between North America and Europe

• Troy

• Greece

• Mediterranean Sea

• Crete

• Athens

What is an oligarchy?

• surrounded by three sides of water

• a ruler over the people who was not elected and has all of the power

• legends about gods, goddesses, heroes and monsters

• a small group of people in power

• a type of government where citizens have the right to participate/vote

What is a deity?

• another word for a performance play

• a type of teaching

• another word for a god

• a story that teaches a lesson

• to worship more than one god

When citizen-rulers gathered they formed an...

• monarchy

• tenant farmer

• democracy

• assembly

• citizens

Who were the first people to speak Greek?

• women

• tenant farmers

• citizens

• Minoans

• Mycenaens

What does it mean to believe in more than one god?

• polytheism

• monarchy

• democracy

• mythology

Who was the first Greek culture?

• Citizens

• Minoans

• Mycenaeans

• tenant-farmers

A myth is...

• a short story

• a type of teaching

• a story that teaches a lesson

• another word for a performance or play

What city was attacked in the Trojan War?

• Crete

• Olympus

• Athens

• Troy

Who was a tenant farmer?

• Someone who did not own their land

• Someone who owns their own land

• Someone who ruled

• Someone who has all of the power