Ancient Greece Vocab

Question 1

a body of land that is surrounded on three sides by water

Answer 1

peninsula

Question 2

a vast empire in from the 500s to the 300s B.C.E. that ruled over lands in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia

Answer 2

Persian Empire

Question 3

a government in which power is held by the people, who exercise power directly or through elected representatives

Answer 3

democracy

Question 4

a government in which the ruling power is in the hands of one person

Answer 4

monarchy

Question 5

a government in which the ruling power is in the hands of a few people

Answer 5

oligarchy

Question 6

government in which absolute ruling power is held by a person who is not a lawful king

Answer 6

tyranny

Question 7

a marketplace in ancient Greece

Answer 7

agora

Question 8

a city-state of ancient Greece that was the first to have a democracy; also known as the birthplace of Western civilization; the capital of present-day Greece

Answer 8

Athens

Question 9

a city-state of ancient Greece, known for its military oligarchy

Answer 9

Sparta

Question 10

(490–479 B.C.E.) the period of fighting between the Persian Empire and the allied Greek city-states for control of the land in Greece

Answer 10

Greco-Persian wars