Vocabulary
A high central place on a large hill where city residents could seek shelter and safety in times of war
What is Acropolis?
A country in Southeastern Europe, on the European Continent, bordering Abania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Turkey.
What is Greece?
A foreigner living in Athens, usually a craftsman or trader.
What is a Metic?
Two groups of people that did *not* have the right to vote
What are women and slaves?
Legendary animal with the head of a bull and the body of a man
Who is Minotaur?
An oval or round building with tiers of seats around a central open area
What is an amphitheatre?
A large mass of land, three sides of which are bordered by water
What is a "peninsula"?
A large athletic competition, involving many sports, born in Ancient Greece, in which many city-states participated. It developed into the biggest international athletic competition in the world today.
What are the Olympics?
Greece (Athens, in particular) is the birthplace of this form of government, that is used in most countries today.
What is Democracy?
This god was the ruler of all the Greek gods and married his sister.
Who is Zeus?
The messenger in Ancient Greece who provides answers from the gods
What is an Oracle?
An ancient Greek city-state and present day capital of Greece.
What is Athens?
The punishment of being banished from a place
What is Ostracism?
A type of government in which people decide on policy initiatives directly, for example in Switzerland.
What is Direct Democracy?
Athenians honored this goddess by killing a cattle on the top of the Acropolis.
Who is Athena?
A clearing that served both as a marketplace and as a meeting place
What is "Agora"?
The 3 bodies of water that surrounds the 1400+ islands of modern-day Greece.
What is the Ionian, Aegean and the Mediterranean Sea?
A state-owned serf or slave of the ancient Spartans
What is a Helot?
A system of government that Greece had during the Mycenean period, in which the ruling power is in the hands of one person
What is Monarchy?
The god born from Zeus's thigh and was the god of wine and plays.
Who is Dionysus?
A person who has certain rights and responsibilities in his or her country or community
What is a citizen?
The ancient city of Sparta was located in this modern-day region in Greece?
What is Peloponnese, Lakonia ?
An almost-invulnerable Greek god, who died from an arrow in his heel, his only vulnerable spot.
Who is Achilles?
A system of government where a small group of the richest and most powerful citizens controlled decision making, used by most city-states in the Archaic period.
What is Oligarchy?
This god had a violent temper and was known as the god of war.
Who is Ares?