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Ancient Greece Vocab

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A story explaining natural phenomenons

a)

Hoplites

b)

Myth

c)

Siege

d)

Mortal

2.

Phalanx is ...

a)

greek battle formation

b)

Fortified hills where statues were built

c)

Long, low boats

d)

extensive group of states under a single supreme ruler

3.

Peloponnese is an area in Greece surrounded by water on three sides.

a)

Peninsula

b)

Great Place to Visit

c)

Hellene

d)

Boule

4.

The marketplace in a Greek Polis

a)

Acropolis

b)

Agora

c)

Polis

d)

Boule

5.

A long poem that tells a story

a)

Philosophy

b)

Epic

c)

Myth

6.

Athens cutting off Sparta and closing it to travel and trade is an example of

a)

Siege

b)

Blockade

c)

Strategoi

d)

Trireme

7.

Athens' democracy consisted of an assembly which is a

a)

Council of 500

b)

Group of citizen voters

c)

Polis

d)

Empire

8.

Sparta tried to __ Argos by surrounding the city walls and cut off food and water supplies.

a)

Agora

b)

Blockade

c)

Siege

d)

Phalanx

9.

Greek foot soldiers

a)

Hoplites

b)

Militart

c)

Navy

d)

Phalanx

10.

Zeus and the Olympians (gods) are ___,meaning they can live forever.

a)

Mortal

b)

Immortal

c)

Myth

d)

Epic

11.

Most city-states were built around a fortified hill, or ____

a)

City

b)

Acropolis

c)

Agora

d)

Assembly

12.

A person who studies ideas about knowledge, truth, and the meaning of life

a)

Mr Nicky

b)

Ms Flaherty

c)

Philosopher

d)

Mortal

13.

Long, low boats that were fast and easy to steer

a)

Hoplite

b)

Trireme

c)

Siege

d)

Strategoi

14.

Humans who can live & die

a)

mortal

b)

immortal

15.

Extensive group of states under one single authority

a)

Blockade

b)

Siege

c)

Empire

16.

Check the boxes of the vocab terms related to military/warfare

a)

Trireme

b)

Blockade

c)

Siege

d)

Mortal

e)

Strategoi

17.

Check the boxes of the vocab terms relating to politics/government

a)

Assembly

b)

Polis

c)

Empire

d)

Boule

e)

Mortal

18.

Another term for Ancient Greeks

a)

Boule

b)

Philosopher

c)

Hellene

d)

Hoplites