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Ancient Greece Vocabulary

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A Greek city and surrounding lands

a)

polis

b)

democracy

c)

aristocracy

d)

spartan

2.

Government ruled by a small elite, landowning families.

a)

Monarchy

b)

Aristocracy

c)

Oligarchy

3.

Person who paid for many events

a)

sponsor

b)

chamillionare

c)

president

d)

tyrant

4.

ruled by the citizens

a)

democracy

b)

oligarchy

c)

aristocracy

d)

dictatorship

5.

severe ; comes from Spartan military

a)

Spartan

b)

Athenian

c)

Corinthian

d)

Olympian

6.

ruler who takes power by force

a)

tyrant

b)

president

c)

king

d)

emperor

7.

a long poem telling of the adventures of heroes

a)

epic

b)

haiku

c)

free-verse

8.

a piece of land surrounded by water on THREE sides

a)

peninsula

b)

island

c)

isthmus

9.

a settlement in a distant land

a)

colony

b)

far far away

c)

island

10.

having to do with the sea, shipping, and sailing

a)

maritime

b)

colony

c)

democracy

d)

oligarchy

11.

a story expressing a culture's beliefs

a)

myth

b)

shrine

c)

oracle

d)

epic

12.

special site where Greeks believed gods were housed

a)

shrine

b)

oracle

c)

polis

13.

shrine where prophecies were delivered

a)

oracle

b)

agora

c)

polis

d)

city-state

14.

a play with an unhappy ending

a)

tragedy

b)

comedy

c)

agora

d)

philosophy

15.

an amusing play

a)

comedy

b)

tragedy

c)

agora

d)

philosophy

16.

the study of truth and wisdom

a)

philosophy

b)

mathematics

c)

algebra

d)

aristocracy

17.

When creating a vase, the Greeks made them to...

a)

...pay homage to their Gods

b)

...describe daily life in Ancient Greece

c)

...describe what foods or beverages are in the vases

d)

...as a prize for winning an Olympic event

e)

...to be broken at a forum