Greece Vocabulary

A government ruled by the people, in which ALL citizens can participate, is a/an

• Monarchy

• Direct Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Representative Democracy

The government run by only a few people is called a/an

• republic

• monarchy

• democracy

• oligarchy

On which continent is Greece located?

• Africa

• Asia

• Europe

• North America

Rich landowners were called

• Merchants

• Aristocrats

• Government officials

• Tyrants

The blending of Greek culture with other cultures is called

• Hellenistic

• Oligarchy

• Acropolis

• Classical Age

The name for a Greek city state is a 

• Acropolis

• Polis

• City square

• agora

A high hill located within a city state

• Acropolis

• Polis

• Mountain

• Agora

A leader who takes control by force

• Legalist

• Aristocrat

• Tyrant

• Phalanx

Short stories which teach a lesson or moral

• Fables

• Fairy Tales

• Myths

• Epics

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

• Fairy Tales

• Fables

• Epics

• Myths