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WorksheetsC5L4 Glory, War & Decline Vocab
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
The word "philosophy" comes from the Greek word meaning . . .
lunch
love of wisdom
Sparta
Zeus
Government by the people
Democracy
Polis
Helots
Aristocrats
Ancient Greek men voted on their own rules and laws. This form of government is called -
monarchy
republic
representative democracy
direct democracy
A representative democracy is
where all men debate and vote on laws
where citizens elect a smaller group of people to represent them, making laws on their behalf
where all people of a country debate and vote on laws
where just one representative makes the decisions
"In 429 B.C.E., Pericles died from the plague." Plague means
old age
an accident
a disease caused by a bacteria typically found in small mammals and their fleas
a disease caused by poor diet
"Upper-class women had to be accompanied by a male relative." ACCOMPANY means
to travel by oneself
a group of people
to follow
to go with someone as a companion
"Athenian farms lacked sufficient land to grow enough food to support the city-state." SUFFICIENT means
a lot
a little
enough
flat
"During the next several decades, the league drove Persia out of the remaining Greek territories in Anatolia." DECADES means
periods of 10 years
periods of 100 years
periods of 2-3 years
periods of 5 years
"Historians call this conflict the Peloponnesian War because Sparta was located in the Peloponnesus." CONFLICT means all of these EXCEPT
a fight or battle
an agreement
a batter or war
a fight or disagreement
"In his speech, Pericles emphasized that the democratic way of life is worth protecting." EMPHASIZE means all of these EXCEPT
something isn't important
attach a sense of importance to something
stress something
express the importance of something
The Delian League is
a defensive group against the Persians
a defensive group against the people of Greece
a defensive group against Sparta
a group to promote Athens
"The government that replaced it was then overthrown." OVERTHROWN means
moved to another area
defeated
built higher
made larger
