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The Ancient Greece Vocab!

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Pennisula

a)

Area of land that is surrounded on three sides by water.

b)

Area of land that is surrounded on four sides of water

c)

Area of land that is surrounded on two sides of water

d)

A decorated temple

2.

colony

a)

a settlement in a new community that keeps close ties with other communities

b)

a settlement in an old community that keeps apart from its homeland

c)

a settlement in a new community that keeps apart from its own land

d)

a settlement in a new community that keeps close ties to its homeland

3.

polis

a)

greek word for a state

b)

greek word for a city-state, a tiny independent country

c)

greek word for a city- a land with plenty people

d)

french word for openlands

4.

agora

a)

an open area used as a marketplace and a meeting place to solve issues

b)

an open temple for people to discuss issues

c)

an open area used as a marketplace and a meeting place to debate issues

d)

an open temple for people to discuss, solve and debate complicated issues.

5.

oilgarchy

a)

form of government where a few people hold power

b)

form of government where no people hold power

c)

form of government where all people hold power

d)

form of government where only 1 person holds power

6.

someone who takes power by force.

a)

leader

b)

an important god in which would hold all power.

c)

tyrant

d)

royalty

7.

traditional stories about gods and heroes

a)

lies

b)

myths

c)

false answers

d)

tales

8.

long poems that told about heroic deeds

a)

epic

b)

cool

c)

tales

d)

a respectful story

9.

helot

a)

the name for slaves in Greece

b)

the name for slaves in Sparta

c)

the name for slaves in Egypt

d)

the name for slaves in Pennsylvania

10.

form of government in which all citizens share in running the government.

a)

representative democracy

b)

presentative democracy

c)

democracy

d)

complex government democracy

11.

a priest who spoke on behalf of a god or godess.

a)

oracle

b)

RE

c)

Hatshepsut

d)

speaker

12.

a story told by actors who pretend to be characters in the story

a)

tales

b)

movie

c)

drama

d)

acting

13.

short tale that teaches a lesson

a)

a fairy tale

b)

fable

c)

fictional story

d)

nonfictional story

14.

a story in which a person struggles to overcome difficulties but fails

a)

lie

b)

beaten

c)

tragedy

d)

defeated

15.

comedy

a)

a story that ends happily

b)

a story that is funny

c)

a story that is not funny

d)

a story that ends sadly

16.

a famous temple in the Athens dedicated to the goddess Athena and held the treasury of the Athenian empire.

a)

acropolis

b)

parthenon

c)

palace

d)

historical temple

17.

system of government in which citizens choose a smaller group to make laws and government decisions on their behalf

a)

representative democracy

b)

oracle

c)

complex government

d)

democracy

18.

Direct democracy

a)

system of government in which people gather at mass meetings to decide on government matters

b)

system of government in which people take classes to be an official part of the government in their area

c)

a direct statement that the government calls a direct democracy

d)

a direct statement in which people use in law.

19.

a fortified area that stood at the top of a hill in most city-states and provided safe refuge in case of attacks, which was often a religious center with a temple built to honor a god or goddess.

a)

a temple

b)

acropolis

c)

parthenon

d)

a protector