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Ancient Greece Vocabulary

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A traditional story that often explains social or natural occurrences, usually involving supernatural beings.

a)

Fable

b)

Mythology

c)

Epic

d)

Novel

2.

A short story that teaches a lesson or gives advice.

a)

Fable

b)

Mythology

c)

Epic

d)

Novel

3.

Created a set of harsh laws for Athens.

a)

Pericles

b)

Draco

c)

Aesop

d)

Sapho

4.

Considered the "Father of Democracy."

a)

Draco

b)

Pericles

c)

Hippocrates

d)

Cleisthenes

5.

Free men who could vote in the government.

a)

Women

b)

Slaves

c)

Citizens

d)

Oligarchy

6.

Place where citizens could meet, debate, and vote on the law.

a)

Polis

b)

Phalanx

c)

Acropolis

d)

Assembly

7.

Government by the few.

a)

Oligarchy

b)

Democracy

c)

Dictatorship

d)

Monarchy

8.

Encouraged people to participate in government.

a)

Pericles

b)

Cleisthenes

c)

Draco

d)

Aesop

9.

Conquered Greece and put an end to democracy in Athens.

a)

Tyrants

b)

Slaves

c)

Draco

d)

Cleisthenes

10.

City-state in ancient Greece.

a)

Parthenon

b)

Acropolis

c)

Polis

d)

Agora

11.

A public open space used for assemblies and markets.

a)

Agora

b)

Polis

c)

Phalanx

d)

Heot

12.

A citadel or fortified part of an ancient Greek city, typically built on a hill.

a)

Polis

b)

Acropolis

c)

Parthenon

d)

Helot

13.

A form of democracy in which the people decide on policy and law directly.

a)

Monarchy

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Representative Democracy

d)

Direct Democracy

14.

Place where democracy was born.

a)

Crete

b)

Sparta

c)

Athens

d)

Troy

15.

A rectangular mass military formation used by the Greeks.

a)

Polis

b)

Agora

c)

Helot

d)

Phalanx

16.

State-owned slaves of the Spartans.

a)

Helot

b)

Agora

c)

Tyrants

d)

Polis

17.

A magnificent temple that was built on the acropolis of Athens, dedicated to the goddess Athena.

a)

Polis

b)

Acropolis

c)

Parthenon

d)

Cleisthenes

18.

Sea that Greeks primarily used for trade among the Greek islands.

a)

Aegean Sea

b)

Ionian Sea

c)

Mediterranean Sea

d)

Black Sea