Ancient Greece Vocabulary Review – Sparta and Athens

In Sparta, the ______________________ , or enslaved people, attempted to revolt against their leaders. This led to Sparta becoming a strong military society.

• helot

• ephor

• phalanx

• hoplite

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

In the early days of the Greek city-states, the growing unrest of the people led to the rise of ______________________, someone who seizes power and rules with total authority.

• tyrants

• philosophers

• democrats

• merchants

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Greece is made up of two main ______________________, Attica and Peloponnesus.

• peninsulas

• islands

• mountains

• rivers

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

The ancient Greeks went to the ______________________, to trade, conduct business, and to socialize.

• agora

• colosseum

• pyramid

• forum

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

In Athens, the Parthenon, a temple dedicated to the goddess Athena, sits on top of the ______________________, a large fortified hill.

• Acropolis

• Pantheon

• Agora

• Colosseum

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

In ancient Greece, each city-state, or ______________________, was like an independent country.

• polis

• acropolis

• phalanx

• agora

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

7. ______________________ was a blind Greek poet who wrote about the Trojan War in a poem called The Iliad.

• Homer

• Socrates

• Plato

• Aristotle

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Athens was the first city-state to have a ______________________, a government in which citizens vote to make decisions.

• democracy

• monarchy

• oligarchy

• tyranny

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

Sparta’s government was an ______________________, a government in which a few rich and powerful people hold the power.

• oligarchy

• democracy

• monarchy

• theocracy

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

As the population in Greece grew, they founded many ________________ along the Mediterranean Sea and on the coast of Asia.

• colonies

• temples

• markets

• fortresses

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7