Ancient Greece Vocabulary

Form of government where the citizens hold political power

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Communism

Children of Gods, Half mortal/half human

• Seige

• Parthenon

• Demi-god

• Polis

Traditional story serving to explain a world view

• Myth

• Fairy Tale

• Fiction

• Non fiction

A marble temple used as a place of worship, build after Athena

• Great Pyramid of Giza

• Mount Olympus

• Parthenon

• Acropolis

Not subject to death, cannot die

• Mortal

• Immortal

A greek city-state

• Polis

• Acropolis

• Mount Olympus

• Parthenon

The home of the Greek Gods

• Sparta

• Athens

• Parthenon

• Mount Olympus

A military operation when someone is forced to surrender after essential supplies is cut off

• Demi-god

• Polis

• Seige

• Democracy

The upper part of a city where public buildings are located

• Parthenon

• Mount Olympus

• Polis

• Acropolis

Membership in a place giving a person civil and political rights

• Citizen

• Citizenship

• Democracy

• Seige