Vocabulary

Question 1

city-state

Answer 1

an independent city that governs itself and the surrounding villages and country side

Question 2

myth

Answer 2

a traditional story, that involves some supernatural being(s) or a supernatural event

Question 3

fable

Answer 3

a short story, typically with animals as characters, that ends with a lesson to be learned(moral)

Question 4

Aesop

Answer 4

a famous greek fable author

Question 5

the minoans

Answer 5

a bronze age civilization that arose on the island of Crete

Question 6

the mycenaeans

Answer 6

a warrior civilization that arose after the minoan civilization and flourished in the latter port of the Bronze Age

Question 7

dark age

Answer 7

a period of time in history that we usually know very little about because people did not write things down. We learn about these periods through oral tradition

Question 8

bards

Answer 8

are singing story tellers

Question 9

urn

Answer 9

is a tall, rounded vase with a base

Question 10

motif

Answer 10

is a decorative design or pattern

Question 11

polis

Answer 11

a city-state, another word for a city-state

Question 12

agora

Answer 12

market place

Question 13

philosophy

Answer 13

the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, esp.

Question 14

epic

Answer 14

a long poem that usually tells a story about an event and involves gods or heroes

Question 15

socratic method

Answer 15

when a teacher asks a series of questions for students to answer

Question 16

helat

Answer 16

enslaved person in Sparta

Question 17

Perioikos

Answer 17

middle class Sparta(they own property but were NOTTTT citizens)

Question 18

comedy

Answer 18

a less serious dramatic work. often made fun of politics, important people, and ideas of the time. usually ended happy

Question 19

tragedy

Answer 19

a serious drama. presented the downfall of an important character, such as a king. usually included love, war, and hate

Question 20

oracle

Answer 20

temple priest or priestess who spoke for the gods foretelling the future(prophecy)

Question 21

delphi

Answer 21

a place where Apollos temple stood; also the home of the most famous oracle