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Greece Vocabulary

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A short story that teaches a lesson about life or gives advice on how to live.

a)

fable

b)

epic

c)

classical

2.

Classical

a)

rule by the people

b)

a rich landowner or noble

c)

an age marked by great achievements

3.

Aesop

a)

a government where only a few people have power

b)

a Greek writer who is famous for his fables

c)

an age marked by great achievements

4.

Oligarchy

a)

a person who has the right to participate in government

b)

a short story that teaches a lesson

c)

a government where only a few people have power

5.

Acropolis

a)

city-tate

b)

a high hill upon which a Greek fortress is built

c)

stories about god and heroes

6.

Citizen

a)

a person who has the right to participate in government

b)

Greek marketplace

c)

a Greek writer who is famous for his fables

7.

Aristocrats

a)

city-state

b)

ancient Greek leader who held power by the use of force

c)

a rich landowner or noble

8.

Greek marketplace

a)

Aesop

b)

agora

c)

Homer

9.

ancient Greek leader who held power by the use of force

a)

acropolis

b)

polis

c)

tyrant

10.

A Greek poet who wrote the 2 epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey

a)

acropolis

b)

Homer

c)

polis

11.

stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works

a)

mythology

b)

fable

c)

Aesop

12.

city-state

a)

mythology

b)

peninsula

c)

polis

13.

an area of land surrounded on 3 sides by water

a)

aristocrats

b)

peninsula

c)

classical

14.

Rule by the people

a)

democracy

b)

aristocracy

c)

tyrant