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Ancient Greece Vocabulary

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a body of land that is surrounded on three sides by water

a)

Peninsula

b)

Forum

c)

Topography

d)

Island

2.

a settlement under the control of a usually distant country

a)

Senate

b)

City-State

c)

Colony

d)

Treaty

3.

a government in which the ruling power is in the hands of one person

a)

Tyrannosaurus

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Democracy

d)

Monarchy

4.

a government in which the ruling power is in the hands of a few people

a)

Tyranny

b)

Democracy

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Monarchy

5.

a government in which absolute ruling power is held by a person who is not a lawful king

a)

Tyranny

b)

Democracy

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Monarchy

6.

a government in which power is held by the people, who exercise power directly or through elected representatives

a)

Tyranny

b)

Democracy

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Monarchy

7.

a person who has certain rights and duties in a city-state or nation

a)

Agora

b)

Cuniculus

c)

Citizen

d)

Oasis

8.

a group of citizens, in an ancient Greek democracy with the power to pass laws

a)

Council of Elders

b)

Assembly

c)

Council of 500

d)

Caste System

9.

city-state of ancient Greece that was first to have a democracy; also known as the birthplace of Western civilization; the capital city of present day Greece

a)

Athens

b)

Sparta

c)

Crete

d)

Thames

10.

a city-state of ancient Greece known for its military oligarchy

a)

Athens

b)

Sparta

c)

Corinth

d)

Argos

11.

a peninsula forming the southern part of mainland Greece

a)

Sparta

b)

Iberian Peninsula

c)

Crete

d)

Peloponnesus

12.

in Athens, a group of 500 citizens chosen to form a council responsible for running day to day business of government

a)

Council of Elders

b)

Council of 500

c)

Gladiators

d)

Patricians

13.

a small group of Spartans who made all the important governing decisions

a)

Council of Elders

b)

Council of 500

c)

Forum

d)

Social Pyramid

14.

a marketplace in ancient Greece

a)

Oasis

b)

Plateau

c)

Agora

d)

Colony

15.

the temple built on the acropolis above Athens, honoring the goddess Athena

a)

Paestum

b)

The Temple of Zeus

c)

Temple of Poseidon

d)

Parthenon

16.

a theory or set of values by which one lives; the search of wisdom and knowledge

a)

Philosophy

b)

Hieroglyph

c)

Economy

d)

Constitution

17.

the war between Athens and Sparta that involved other city-states

a)

The Great War of Zeus

b)

Peloponnesian War

c)

Punic Wars

d)

Alexander's War

18.

the ruler of a vast empire that extended from Macedonia to India

a)

Qin Shihuangdi

b)

Hatshepsut

c)

Alexander the Great

d)

Aristotle