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WorksheetsGreece Vocab Set 2
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A temple built by the Athenian people to honor their patron goddess Athena. It was a beautiful building with columns, a frieze telling of Athena’s birth and a huge statue of Athena inside.
a)
peninsula
b)
Pericles
c)
Parthenon
2.
A central marketplace, like a farmers market and a flea market. Men hung out there visiting and shopping for food, cloth, pottery etc.
a)
agora
b)
tribute
c)
tyrant
3.
A hilltop in Athens used for a military lookout and base, a holy place for temples and also a government voting and meeting place
a)
Acropolis
b)
peninsula
c)
oracle
4.
a “fortuneteller” in Delphi who supposedly gave human’s the god’s advice and answers to questions. A priest had to interpret the fortuneteller’s words.
a)
tribute
b)
oracle
c)
Acropolis
5.
a member of a rich and powerful family. Some became rulers or leaders because their $ gave them power
a)
agora
b)
aristocrat
c)
Acropolis
6.
A leader of a Tyranny form of government. A ruler who takes power by military force.
a)
oracle
b)
peninsula
c)
tyrant
7.
An aristocrat from Athens who came up with the first ideas of democracy. Even though he was rich he believed all citizens rich or poor should be able to take part in government
a)
Pericles
b)
Acropolis
c)
oracle
8.
a form of government in which citizens govern themselves, vote, make laws, and give their opinions.
a)
democracy
b)
tyrant
c)
Pericles
9.
a regular payment of goods and/or money made by a weaker city state for protection by a stronger city-state in times of war
a)
peninsula
b)
tribute
c)
democracy
10.
A piece of land that is surrounded on three sides by water and connected to the mainland by a thin strip of land.
a)
Acropolis
b)
peninsula
c)
Parthenon
11.
Thinkers and questioners. They believed that people could use the powers of the mind and reason to understand natural events.
a)
Philosophers
b)
Socrates
c)
Plato
12.
Traveling teachers who went town to town holding public discussions and debates.
a)
agora
b)
Sophist
c)
philosopher
13.
A philosopher who questioned and challenged people’s beliefs. Athenian Leaders accused him of misleading young men. He was sentenced to death by poison (hemlock).
a)
Aristotle
b)
Plato
c)
Socrates
14.
A student of Socrates. He believed Socrates punishment was wrong. He also wrote a famous book called The Republic, that is still used in college classes today.
a)
Plato
b)
Aristotle
c)
Socrates
15.
A student of Plato. He believed that reason(common sense) should guide the pursuit of knowledge. He started a school called the Lyceum. Became Alexander the Great’s teacher and taught him to love Greek ideas.
a)
Socrates
b)
Aristotle
c)
Plato
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