Ancient Greece Vocabulary

A piece of land nearly surrounded by water is 

• a peninsula 
•  island 
• city-state 
• country

A group of armed foot soldiers in ancient Greece arranged close together in rows is called a 

• phalanx 
•  polis 
• agora 
• peninsula

A gathering place; marketplace in ancient Greece 

• polis
• colony
• agora 
• city-state 

A government by the people is called a

• direct democracy
• democracy
• oligarchy 
• representative democracy 

A form of democracy in which all citizens can participate firsthand in the decision-making process is 

• direct democracy 
•  democracy
• oligarchy 
• representative democracy

A form of democracy in which citizens elect officials to govern on their behalf is 

• democracy
• representative democracy 
• direct democracy
•  oligarchy

A person who searches for wisdom or enlightenment

• teacher
• philosopher
•  tyrant
• oracle

Someone who seizes power and rules with total authority 

• philosopher
• tyrant 
•  oracle
• city-state

Government where only a few wealthy people hold power 

• democracy
• representative democracy
• oligarchy 
• tyrant 

A slave in Sparta 

• helot
• philosopher
• tyrant
• oracle