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WorksheetsAncient Greece Vocabulary
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
A traditional story that often explains social or natural occurrences, usually involving supernatural beings.
Fable
Mythology
Epic
Novel
A short story that teaches a lesson or gives advice.
Fable
Mythology
Epic
Novel
Created a set of harsh laws for Athens.
Pericles
Draco
Aesop
Sapho
Considered the "Father of Democracy."
Draco
Pericles
Hippocrates
Cleisthenes
Free men who could vote in the government.
Women
Slaves
Citizens
Oligarchy
Place where citizens could meet, debate, and vote on the law.
Polis
Phalanx
Acropolis
Assembly
Government by the few.
Oligarchy
Democracy
Dictatorship
Monarchy
Encouraged people to participate in government.
Pericles
Cleisthenes
Draco
Aesop
Conquered Greece and put an end to democracy in Athens.
Tyrants
Slaves
Draco
Cleisthenes
City-state in ancient Greece.
Parthenon
Acropolis
Polis
Agora
A public open space used for assemblies and markets.
Agora
Polis
Phalanx
Heot
A citadel or fortified part of an ancient Greek city, typically built on a hill.
Polis
Acropolis
Parthenon
Helot
A form of democracy in which the people decide on policy and law directly.
Monarchy
Oligarchy
Representative Democracy
Direct Democracy
Place where democracy was born.
Crete
Sparta
Athens
Troy
A rectangular mass military formation used by the Greeks.
Polis
Agora
Helot
Phalanx
State-owned slaves of the Spartans.
Helot
Agora
Tyrants
Polis
A magnificent temple that was built on the acropolis of Athens, dedicated to the goddess Athena.
Polis
Acropolis
Parthenon
Cleisthenes
Sea that Greeks primarily used for trade among the Greek islands.
Aegean Sea
Ionian Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Black Sea
