Vocab Pre and Post test Ancient Civilizations

What is the 'Polis'?

• Armed soldiers

• The name for a City state in Ancient Greece

• A Mountain range

• A city in the South of Greece

What is meant by the term Civilization?

• Good manners

• A geographical area

• The society, culture, and way of life of a particular area.

• Buildings

What is an example of a Myth?

• A newspaper article

• A Biography of a famous person

• A story from the past that reflects the ideas and attitudes of a society

• A fictional book

Which of the following would be considered a Ritual?

• A religious procession

• Prayers and offerings to the gods

• A ceremony with an organised sequence of activities

• All of these

What is the best definition for the word "Deity"

• Daylight hours

• Sacred

• Gods or Goddessess

• A temple or church

What does CE stand for on a timeline?

• Common Era

• Christian Era

• Conquerors Era

• Crazy Era

What does BCE stand for on a timeline?

• Before Common Era

• Before Christian Era

• Before Conquerors Era

• Before Crazy Era

What does AD stand for on a timeline?

• After Death

• After Decade

• American Decades

• Anno Domini

What does BC stand for on a timeline?

• Before Common Era

• Before Christian Era

• Before Conquerors Era

• Before Christ

What is Cosmology?

• Study of the Stars

• Stories of how the World or Universe began

• The study of lettuce

• The study of star signs or astrology