Ancient Greece Vocab Words

Question 1

peninsula

Answer 1

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

Question 2

democracy

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Monarchy

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Oligarchy

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Tyranny

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Agora

Answer 6

a marketplace in ancient Greece

Question 7

Athens

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Sparta

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Persian Empire

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Greco-Persian Wars

Answer 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