Vocabulary
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Greek Mythology
100

A large hill where city residents could seek shelter and safety in times of war

What is Acropolis?

100

A country made up of peninsulas, islands, and mountain-side city-states.

What is Greece?

100
The name for a person enslaved by the Spartans

What is a helot?

100

Two groups of people that did *not* have the right to vote

What are women and slaves?

100

Athenians honored this goddess by killing a cattle on the top of the Acropolis.

Who is Athena?

200

The author of "The Iliad" and "The Odyessy"

Who is Homer?

200

A large mass of land, three sides of which are bordered by water

What is a "peninsula"?

200

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?

200

A form of government in which the ruling power is in the hands of one person who is *not* the lawful king or queen, where that power is usually taken by force.

What is Tyranny?

200

This god was the ruler of all the Greek gods.

Who is Zeus?

300

A series of symbols or pictures that represent sounds

What is an alphabet?

300

The peninsula on which Sparta is located.

What is Peloponnesus?

300

The worship or belief in many gods and/or goddesses.

What is Polytheism?

300

Greece (Athens, in particular) is the birthplace of this form of government, that the United States uses today.

What is Democracy?

300

She was known as the goddess of love and beauty.

Who is Aphrodite?

400

A clearing that served both as a marketplace and as a meeting place

What is "Agora"?

400

This empire lived in the east, and tried to invade Greece.

What is Persia?

400

One of the most important agricultural exports in Greece.

What are Olives? (or Wine)

400

A system of government that Greece had during the Mycenaean period, in which the ruling power is in the hands of one person

What is Monarchy?

400

The god born from Zeus's thigh and was the god of wine and plays.

Who is Dionysus?

500

A person who has certain rights and responsibilities in his or her country or community

What is a citizen?

500

The three seas that surround Greece and its 400 islands.

What are the Mediterranean, Ionian, and Aegean Seas?

500

An almost-invulnerable Greek god, who died from an arrow in his heel, his only vulnerable spot.

Who is Achilles?

500

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?

500

This hero gave fire to the humans, and was punished by Zeus by making his liver eaten out every night by an eagle.

Who is Prometheus?

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