Chapter 8 Vocab

Question 1

Polis

Answer 1

The Greek word for a city-state is polis

Question 2

Classical

Answer 2

A classical age is one that is marked by great achiements

Question 3

Acropolis

Answer 3

A high hill is called an Acropolis

Question 4

Democracy

Answer 4

A type of government in which people rule themselves

Question 5

Aristocrats

Answer 5

Rich landowners

Question 6

Oligarchy

Answer 6

A government in which only a few people have power

Question 7

Citizens

Answer 7

People who had the right to participate in government

Question 8

Tryant

Answer 8

A leader who held power through the use of force

Question 9

Pericles

Answer 9

He led government from about 460 B.C until his death in 429 B.C

Question 10

Mythology

Answer 10

A body of stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works

Question 11

Homer

Answer 11

The Iliad and Odyssey was written by a poet named Homer

Question 12

Sappho

Answer 12

Most famous lyric poet

Question 13

Aesop

Answer 13

Famous for his fables

Question 14

Fables

Answer 14

Short stories that teach the reader lessons about life or give advice

Question 15

Influence

Answer 15

Mycenaeans built towns on the Greek mainland. These two civilizations influenced the entire Aegean region and helped shape later Greece