Vocab
Vocab
Mythology
Sparta/Athens
Alexander the Great
100

Sacred shrine, where a priest or priestess spoke for a god or goddess. 

What is an oracle? 

100

Greek City State. 

What is a Polis? 

100

Chief god of the Greeks, who is honored with the Olympic Games. 

Who is Zeus? 

100

Athens had this kind of democracy.

What is direct democracy?

100

The age Alexander became king.

What is 20 years old?

200

Short story meant to teach a lesson 

What is a fable? 

200
Form of democracy in which citizens elect officials to govern on their behalf. 

What is a representative democracy? 

200

Big three gods of Greek mythology. 

Who are Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus? 

200

United States has this kind of democracy. ( Opposite of Athens)

What is representative democracy?

200

Macedonian king who was killed by a political rival.

Who is Philip II?

300

Piece of land nearly surrounded by water. 

What is a Peninsula?

300

Play in which characters failed to overcome serious problems. 

What is a tragedy? 

300

Goddess of beauty and love. 

Who is Aphrodite?

300

Created the Socratic method.

Who is Socrates?

300

Happened to Alexander’s Empire after he passed away.

What is divided into four different kingdoms by his generals?

400

Philosophical method of questioning in order to gain truth. 

What is the Socratic method? 

400

Form of democracy in which all citizens can participate firsthand in the decision making process. 

What is a Direct democracy? 

400

King of the underworld. 

Who is hades? 

400

Sophists were best known for teaching this.

What is rhetoric?

400

When looking at a timeline years in BC go in this direction.

What is backwards?

500

Government in which a small group has control. 

What is an Oligarchy? 

500

Time period following the death of Alexander, during which Greek culture spread through the known world.

What is Hellenistic era? 

500

Built and used by the Greeks to gain entry into Troy during the Trojan war.

What is the Trojan horse?

500

Number of letters in the Greek alphabet and an example of one that is not alpha, beta or Omega. 

What is 24 and 

  • gamma
  • delta
  • epsilon
  • zeta
  • eta
  • theta
  • iota
  • kapp
  • lambda
    mu
  • nu
  • xi.
  • omicron
  • pi
  • rho
  • sigma
  • tau
  • upsilon
  • phi
  • chil
  • psi
500

philosopher believed that observation and comparison were necessary to gain knowledge

Who is Aristotle?