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greece vocab quiz
Study for 6th grade Mr Kramer test!!
Question | Answer |
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Trireme | Sailing vessels used by the greeks to trade and trade by sea |
Polis | An independent city-state in ancient Greece. |
Democracy | When citizens govern themselves. |
Aristocrats | Members of rich and powerful families. |
Tyrant | A ruler who seized power by force. |
Mediterranean Sea | Sea that greek merchants traded through |
Aegean Sea | A sea between Europe and Asia |
peninsula | Land that is surrounded by water on three sides |
island | An island is a piece of subcontinental land completely surrounded by water |
Crete | Largest Aegean island in Greece |
Mt. Olympus | Tallest mountain in Greece and home of Olympian Gods |
Minoans | first civilization of Ancient Greece |
Mycenaean | War-like and first “true” Greeks |
troy | where the trojan war happened |
sparta | city-state in ancient Greece. Military powerhouse |
helot | Spartan slave that were mainly agricultural laborers |
Trojan Horse | a wooden horse used by the greeks during the torsion war to enter the city of try and win war |
Asia Minor | place of where the continents of Asia and Europe meets |
agora | A public market and meeting place in ancient Greece. |
Socrates | A great Athenian general and politician. Created the trial by jury. |
Aristotle | favorite student of plato. One of the greatest philosophers and the first true scientist in history |
plato | student of Socrates. Wrote one of the first works of political science called the republic. |
Rhodes | one of the largest Aegean island |