7th Grade Vocab Ancient Greece

Question 1

Polis

Answer 1

City-State

Question 2

Mythology

Answer 2

Stories containing Gods and Goddesses to explain events

Question 3

Pericles

Answer 3

Leader who promoted democracy

Question 4

Homer

Answer 4

Poet wrote Odyssey and Iliad

Question 5

Plato

Answer 5

philosopher created the Academy

Question 6

Hellenistic

Answer 6

Greek like culture

Question 7

Alliance

Answer 7

Agreement formed between groups to work together

Question 8

Olympics

Answer 8

sporting events occur every 4yrs; originally in honor of Zeus

Question 9

Aristotle

Answer 9

greek thinker believed in using reason

Question 10

Hippocrates

Answer 10

greek doctor famous for Hippocratic oath

Question 11

Tyranny

Answer 11

type of government uses force to rul

Question 12

Sparta

Answer 12

Greek city that became a military society

Question 13

Minoans

Answer 13

Group of ship builders settled in Crete

Question 14

Aristocracy

Answer 14

government where only a small group of rich people rule

Question 15

Phalanx

Answer 15

group of soliders arranged in a square

Question 16

Alexander the Great

Answer 16

king who expanded his empire across three continents

Question 17

Peloponnesian war

Answer 17

long term warm between Athens and Sparta; Sparta won

Question 18

Direct democracy

Answer 18

allows all citizens to directly participate in governemnt

Question 19

Citizen

Answer 19

someone who has a right to participate in government

Question 20

Acropolis

Answer 20

a high hill that hosed the fortress of a city state

Question 21

Mycenaeans

Answer 21

1st greeks

Question 22

Athens

Answer 22

greek city state where democracy was created

Question 23

Oligarchy

Answer 23

government where power is shared with a small group of people

Question 24

Democracy

Answer 24

Government which gives people power