Ancient Greece: Key Terms to Know

Fill in the blank: The agora was ________, where people met to shop, talk, and do business.

• a large open space in a Greek city

• a temple for worship

• a theater for plays

• a palace for the king

Fill in the blank: The acropolis was ________, with important buildings like temples on top.

• a high hill in a Greek city

• a river in a Greek city

• a marketplace in a Greek city

• a theater in a Greek city

Fill in the blank: A trireme was ________.

• a fast Greek warship with three rows of oars

• an ancient Roman temple

• a type of Greek musical instrument

• a large public marketplace

Fill in the blank: Philosophy is the ________.

• study of big questions about life, knowledge, and right and wrong

• practice of physical exercises

• collection of historical artifacts

• method of cooking traditional dishes

Fill in the blank: The Socratic Method is ________.

• a way of learning by asking and answering questions to find the truth

• a method of memorizing facts without discussion

• a style of writing used in ancient Greece

• a type of physical exercise practiced by philosophers

Fill in the blank: The Academy was ________ to teach students about knowledge and thinking.

• a school started by the philosopher Plato

• a famous library in Alexandria

• an ancient Roman senate

• a temple dedicated to Athena

Fill in the blank: A hypothesis is ________.

• a guess or idea that scientists test to see if it is true

• a proven fact that cannot be changed

• an experiment that always works

• a law of nature

Moral – A moral is ____________.

• a rule about what is right or wrong behavior.

• a type of animal found in forests.

• a mathematical equation.

• a kind of musical instrument.

Polytheism – Polytheism is ____________.

• the belief in many gods.

• the belief in one god.

• the rejection of all gods.

• the worship of nature only.

Delian League – The Delian League was ____________.

• a group of Greek city-states that joined together to protect each other from enemies, led by Athens.

• a powerful army formed by the Persian Empire to conquer Greece.

• an alliance of Roman provinces to expand trade in the Mediterranean.

• a religious order dedicated to worshipping the Greek god Apollo.