Ch 11. Vocab STUDY FOR TEST

Question 1

peninsula

Answer 1

a body of land that is connected to a larger landmass and surrounded on three sides by water

Question 2

peloponnese/peloponessus

Answer 2

a peninsula forming the southern part of Greece

Question 3

isthmus

Answer 3

a narrow strip of land that connects two larger landmasses

Question 4

phoenician

Answer 4

a member of a trading people who lived on the cost of the eastern Mediterranean

Question 5

alphabet

Answer 5

a set of letters used to represent the individual sounds of a language

Question 6

Zeus

Answer 6

the ruler of gods in Greek mythology

Question 7

Mt. Olympus

Answer 7

the highest mountain in Greece - in Greek mythology, the home of major gods and goddesses

Question 8

myth

Answer 8

a story that explains beliefs, practices, or natural phenomena, often featuring God’s and goddesses or other supernatural human beings

Question 9

olympics

Answer 9

an ancient Greek festival in honor of the god Zeus, which took place every four years and featured competition in athletics and poetry

Question 10

epic poem

Answer 10

a long poem that tells a story of heroes

Question 11

fable

Answer 11

a short story that conveys a moral lesson, often my means of animal characters that possess human characteristics

Question 12

aristocrat

Answer 12

a member of the most powerful class in ancient Greek society

Question 13

assembly

Answer 13

a group of citizens, in an ancient Greek democracy, with the power to pass laws

Question 14

citizen

Answer 14

a person who has certain rights and duties in a city-state or nation

Question 15

democracy

Answer 15

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

Question 16

monarchy

Answer 16

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

Question 17

oligarchy

Answer 17

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

Question 18

tyranny

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Athens

Answer 19

a city-state of ancient Greecem which reached its greatest cultural achievements in the fifth century B.C. It is the capital and largest city of modern Greece

Question 20

Sparta

Answer 20

an ancient Greek city-state of the Peoloponnessus, noted for its militarism

Question 21

helot

Answer 21

an agricultural slave in ancient Sparta

Question 22

barracks

Answer 22

a group of buildings used to house soldiers

Question 23

marathon

Answer 23

a plain ancient Greece, northeast of Athens