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Vocabulary
Vocabulary 2
Significant People
Geography
Mythology & Literature
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The Greek word for a city-state.
What is a polis.
100
A type of government in which people rule themselves.
What is a democracy.
100

Which people lived on the island of Crete?

Who are the Minoans?
100
On what type of landform is mainland Greece located?
What is peninsula.
100
The Greeks enjoyed telling stories of ________ who had special abilities and often faced terrible monsters.
What is heroes.
200
A high hill.
What is an acropolis.
200
People who had the right to participate in government are known as...
What is a citizen.
200
The father of democracy.
What is Cleisthenes.
200
What were the two earliest cultural groups to develop in Greece?
What is Minoans and Mycenaeans.
200

Greek fables often feature ________ as main characters.

What are animals?

300
An age marked by great achievements.
What is a classical age.
300

This group was made up of rich landowners.

Who are aristocrats.

300
A Greek writer who is famous for his fables.
What is Aesop.
300

What geographic features led to the creation of city-states?

What are the mountains and seas?

300
One of the most famous Greek heroes was ___________, who fought and defeated the hydra.
What is Hercules.
400
A leader who held power through force.
What is a tyrant.
400
A government in which only a few people have power.
What is an oligarchy.
400

These early "Greek" people were influenced by the Minoans

Who are the Mycenaeans? 

400
Why did the Greeks create colonies?
What is they wanted to become rich from trade.
400
Many Greek myths were told in order to explain what 2 things?
What is natural and historical events.
500
All citizens in Athens could participate directly in the government. We call this form of government a ...
What is a direct democracy.
500
The democracy created by the founders of the United States. This form of government involves citizens electing officials to represent them in government.
What is a representative democracy.
500
The elected leader of the Athenian government from about 460 to 429 BC who encouraged democracy in other parts of Greece.
What is Pericles.
500
Why were the seas important to the early Greeks?
What is they provided trade routes.
500
Homer's epic poem, the _______, tells the story of the final years of the Trojan War and the hero Achillies.
What is the Illiad.