Ancient Greece Vocab & Mapping #1 - People and Society

Fill in the blank: A _______ is a free male, adult landowner who participates in democracy and fights in war.

• slave

• citizen

• merchant

• priest

Fill in the blank: An _______ is a member of the elite, upper class that tends to rule society.

• Laborer

• Peasant

• Commoner

• Artistocrat

Fill in the blank: A _______ is a person who seeks wisdom through knowledge and questions the nature of life and the world around them.

• Philosopher

• Scientist

• Artist

• Engineer

Fill in the blank: A _______ is a person who seizes power and rules with absolute authority, often abusing their power and the rights of the people.

• President

• Democrat

• Tyrant

• Citizen

Fill in the blank: _______ were leaders of Sparta who shared power with the Kings and were elected from the people.

• Gerousia

• Helots

• Perioeci

• Ephors

Fill in the blank: _______ were serfs in Sparta, considered between slave and citizen.

• Helots

• Perioeci

• Metics

• Ephors

Fill in the blank: _______ is the art of effective speaking and persuading someone through speech, practiced in Greece and Rome.

• Philosophy

• Rhetoric

• Poetry

• Drama

Fill in the blank: _______ is the act of shunning someone and banishing them from the city state.

• Exile

• Ostracism

• Isolation

• Expulsion

Fill in the blank: _______ is a monotheistic religion that originated in Persia and was practiced by Persian emperors.

• Zoroastrianism

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Shinto

Minoans: ________ age Greek civilization (1600-1100 BCE). Was the center of the Greek world at that time. Major archaeological site today. Earliest civilization in Greece, on the island of Crete. Built large palaces with colorful frescoes. Declined after Mycenaean invasion c. 1500 BCE.

• Copper

• Iron

• Stone

• Bronze