GREECE VOCAB – Chapter 5 sections 1-3
Myths
Homer
Dorians
Epics
Mycenaeans
Trojan War
Persian Wars
Helot
*Democracy
Polis
*Aristocracy
Acropolis
*Monarchy
Tyrant
*Oligarchy
Phalanx
classical art
*Direct Democracy
Aristotle
Socrates
Comedy
Plato
Philosophers
Tragedy
Peloponnesian War
1. Government were citizens rule directly and not through representation is known as_______________________________
2. A __________________________ is a serious drama about themes of love, hate, war and betrayal.
3. The _____________________________ were fought between Greece and Persia. Includes the 300 of Sparta.
4. ___________________________ is a philosopher that questioned the nature of the world.
5. The greatest work of the philosopher ___________________________ is The Republic.
6. Great thinkers of ancient Greece were known as _____________________________.
7. The philosopher ________________________________ believed that absolute standards did exist for truth and justice,.
8. A ______________________ is a play that contains scenes filled with slapstick situations and crude humor.
9. Sparta declares war against Athens is the ______________________________________________.
10. Greek sculptors capture the grace of the human body in what is known as _________________________________.
11. Peasants of ancient Greece were known as_________________________________.
12. In a ___________________________ the people rule the government.
13. If you lived in a city in Greece it was known as a ______________________________.
14. A ________________________ is a government ruled by a few.
15. Kings rule in a _______________________________________.
16. Blind poet ____________________________ wrote the Odyssey and the Iliad.
17. Conducting business in Ancient Greece would usually take place upon the __________________________, a fortified hilltop.
18. Sparta and Athens used a __________________________ when fighting. It became the most powerful fighting force around.
19. Since I am a noble I am allowed to rule in a ___________________________________.
20. Poems that celebrate heroic deeds and known as _________________________________.
21. ____________________________ were very powerful individuals who gained control of the government.
22. Traditional stories passed down through time about their gods are known as ____________________________.
23. The ____________________________ moved into war torn Greece. No written works during this time. Dark age of Greece.
24. Greece tries to expand their empire to the Black Sea during the __________________________________.
25. The _____________________________________ settled in Greece around 2000 BCE.