Greek and Rome Vocabulary

What is a piece of land that sticks out into the water but is still connected to the land?

• Island

• Peninsula

• Continent

• Archipelago

What does it mean to keep someone or something separated and alone?

• United

• Isolated

• Integrated

• Connected

What does it mean to not be controlled or ruled by another?

• Dependent

• Submissive

• Independent

• Governed

What is a political area that consists of a city and all the countryside around it?

• Agora

• City-state

• Fortress

• Acropolis

Greek city-state was called _____

• Acropolis

• City-state

• Polis

• Fortress

What is a building built to be defended, making it hard for enemies to get inside?

• Acropolis

• Polis

• Fortress

• City-state

What is a high hill upon which a Greek fortress was built?

• Polis

• City-state

• Fortress

• Acropolis

What is the action of buying and selling goods called?

• Democracy

• Trade

• Oligarchy

• Aristocrat

"Rule by people" is _____

• Oligarchy

• Aristocracy

• Democracy

• Trade

A rich landowner or noble?

• Oligarch

• Democrat

• Aristocrat

• Trader