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WorksheetsGreek Vocabulary
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A city that functions much like an independent country
a)
city-state
b)
empire
c)
village
d)
nation-state
2.
a powerful individual who gained control of a city-states government by appealing to the poor for support
a)
governor
b)
tyrant
c)
emperor
d)
dictator
3.
strong wooden ship built with a battering ram in front
a)
clipper ship
b)
Santa Maria
c)
schooner
d)
trireme
4.
traditional story about gods, ancestors or heroes, told to explain the natural world or the customs or beliefs of a society
a)
folktales
b)
fairy tales
c)
myths
d)
ancestor worship
5.
Poem written by Homer telling the tale of how the Greeks and Trojans battled for ten years after Paris stole Helen away from Menelaus
a)
Odyssey
b)
Agamemnon
c)
Illiad
d)
Beowulf
6.
Poem written by homer telling the tale of Odysseus's return trip from the Trojan War to his home in Ithaca.
a)
Odyssey
b)
Agamemnon
c)
Illiad
d)
Beowulf
7.
A road in the Persian empire stretching 1,600 miles from Susa in Persia to Sardis in Anatolia
a)
Persian Road
b)
Silk Road
c)
Royal Road
d)
Roman Road
8.
a military formation where soldiers fought shoulder to shoulder and shield to shield for protection.
a)
shield armor
b)
phalanx
c)
flying v
d)
inverted crescent
9.
mountain pass where 300 Spartans held off thousands of Persian soldiers during the Persian Wars, also known as the hot gates.
a)
Marathon
b)
Salamis
c)
Thermopylae
d)
Pelopponnesian
10.
marshy plain where the Athenians successfully defeated an invading Persian force during the Persian Wars
a)
Marathon
b)
Thermopylae
c)
Salamis
d)
Peloponnesian
11.
name of the soldier used in the Battle of Marathon by Athens
a)
foot soldier
b)
calvary
c)
Immortal
d)
hoplite
12.
fortified hilltop
a)
polis
b)
Parthenon
c)
acropolis
d)
Thermopylae
13.
a government ruled by a king or queen
a)
democracy
b)
oligarchy
c)
monarchy
d)
aristocracy
14.
a government in which the power is in the hands of a few people, especially based on wealth.
a)
aristocracy
b)
monarchy
c)
democracy
d)
oligarchy
15.
a government controlled by its citizens
a)
democracy
b)
oligarchy
c)
aristocracy
d)
monarchy
16.
a government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility
a)
monarchy
b)
aristocracy
c)
democracy
d)
oligarchy
17.
a thinker who uses logic and reason to investigate the nature of the universe, human society, and morality, also known as a lover of wisdom.
a)
Spartan
b)
Athenian
c)
philosopher
d)
Chaerona
18.
blending of Greek, Macedonian, Persian, Egyptian, and Indian cultures due to Alexander's conquests
a)
Hellenism
b)
Greco Roman
c)
Prussian
d)
Germanic
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