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Unit 5 Greece - Vocabulary Review

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a noun that was...(in ancient Greece) a public open space used for assemblies and markets

a)

acropolis

b)

agora

c)

oligarchy

d)

polis

2.

What is a noun for an inhabitant of a particular town or city.

a)

citizen

b)

Hellas

c)

polis

d)

tyrant

3.

What is a noun for the name for all lands inhabited by the ancient Greeks, i.e. all of Ancient Greece, including the Greek colonies

a)

acropolis

b)

Peloponnesus

c)

Hellas

d)

polis

4.

What is a verb to exclude (someone) from a society or group;(in ancient Greece) to banish (an unpopular or too powerful citizen) from a city for five or ten years by popular vote

a)

aristocracy

b)

direct democracy

c)

ostracize

d)

tyrant

5.

What is a noun for the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline

a)

aristocracy

b)

Hellas

c)

oligarchy

d)

philosophy

6.

What is a noun for a ruler that has unlimited power over the people; typically a person who assumes power by force?

a)

agora

b)

citizen

c)

oligarchy

d)

tyrant

7.

What is a noun for a city and the surrounding land that supports it economically; a Greek city-state?

a)

polis

b)

agora

c)

tyrant

d)

acropolis

8.

What is a noun for a peninsula forming the southern part of Greece south of the Gulf of Corinth that was dominated by Sparta until the fourth century BCE?

a)

Hellas

b)

acropolis

c)

Peloponnesus

d)

agora

9.

What is a noun for a small group of people having control of a country; government ruled by a select few (typically wealthy and powerful)

a)

direct democracy

b)

aristocracy

c)

oligarchy

d)

philosophy

10.

What is a noun for a form of government in which people (citizens) vote directly on issues without representatives?

a)

direct democracy

b)

oligarchy

c)

aristocracy

d)

republic/representative democracy

11.

What is a noun for the highest class in certain societies, especially those holding hereditary titles or offices; a form of government in which power is held by the nobility?

a)

direct democracy

b)

oligarchy

c)

aristocracy

d)

republic/representative democracy

12.

What is a noun for a citadel or fortified part of an ancient Greek city, typically built on a hill?

a)

acropolis

b)

agora

c)

polis

d)

city-state

13.

Complete this sentence...an _____________ ruled Sparta because only seven people made all the decisions for the polis.

a)

direct democracy

b)

oligarchy

c)

aristocracy

d)

acropolis

14.

Complete this sentence...the citizens of Athens fled to their _________ for protection against the invading armies of Persia.

a)

polis

b)

acropolis

c)

agora

d)

citizen

15.

Complete this sentence...Plato and Aristotle taught __________ in order to make their students think for themselves.

a)

philosophy

b)

ostracism

c)

tyranny

d)

direct democracy

16.

Complete this sentence...every ___________ has rights and responsibilities they must meet in order to be allowed a voice in their government.

a)

direct democracy

b)

agora

c)

polis

d)

citizen

17.

Complete this sentence...the people of Athens and Sparta both referred to their land as __________ even though they were different poleis.

a)

citizens

b)

direct democracy

c)

Hellas

d)

Peloponnesus

18.

Complete this sentence...we refer to the peninsula that we find Mycenae, Olympia, and Sparta on as the _________.

a)

Peloponnesus

b)

Hellas

c)

agora

d)

acropolis

19.

Complete this sentence...Pisistratus was considered a ___________ after he took control of Athenian government and ruled with absolute authority.

a)

citizen

b)

tyrant

c)

ostracize

d)

philosopher

20.

Complete this sentence...the citizens of Corinth gathered in the center of town at the __________ to go about their daily business.

a)

agora

b)

acropolis

c)

Hellas

d)

polis

21.

Complete this sentence...all the poleis of Greece were ruled by a form of __________ after their monarchies began sharing power with the other powerful families with wealth.

a)

aristocracy

b)

oligarchy

c)

direct democracy

d)

tyranny

22.

Complete this sentence...the group decided to __________ the leading member of their clique when that leader began to think he/she was more important his/her friends

a)

agora

b)

ostracize

c)

tyrant

d)

direct democracy

23.

Complete this sentence...each community formed an independent __________ following the Dark Age of Greece.

a)

direct democracy

b)

acropolis

c)

agora

d)

polis

24.

Complete this sentence...the polis of Athens founded the world's first __________ because they believed all of their citizens had the right to voice their opinion in the government.

a)

polis

b)

direct democracy

c)

agora

d)

Hellas