Ancient Greece Vocab Quiz

a narrow strip of land with water on both sides, connecting two large land areas

• island

• isthmus

• colony

• peninsula

an athletic festival honoring the Greek god Zeus

• Mount Olympus

• discus

• javelin

• Olympics

a temple dedicated to the goddess Athena and overseen by Pericles; it took nine years to build

• Temple

• Pantheon

• Mount Olympus

• Parthenon

foot soldiers on the Greek army

• A. Athenian

• B. Sparta

• C. Calvary

• D. hoplites

a story describing the actions of Greek gods and goddesses and how they affected everyday life

• epic

• tragedy

• myth

Greek goddess of children and marriage

• Hera

• Zeus

• Poseidon

• Athena

People conquered by Spartans and forced to be slaves

• Hoplites

• Helots

• Athenians

• Oligarchy

Rule by a small group of people

• Republic

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Dictatorship

Match the following terms to their correct definition.

• Socrates

• the first Greek historian who also wrote books about the Persian Wars

• Herodotus

• Greek philosopher who developed the Socratic method of teaching by asking critical thinking questions. Used today as a method of debate.

• Pythagoras

• Greek mathematician who introduced Pythagorean’s theorem used in geometry theorem still used today in geometry

• Hippocrates

• a Greek doctor who taught that illnesses had a natural causes and were not a punishment by the Gods

They planted crops that needed little water like barley and wheat that they used to make bread and cakes. They also grew drought tolerant olive trees.

What does the word tolerant mean in the text?

• unable to last

• able to endure

• without water

• lots of water