Greece Vocabulary

Question 1

a group of chain of islands

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archipelago

Question 2

a traditional story that may include gods and goddesses and often tries to explain events in nature

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myth

Question 3

a person who studies truth and knowledge

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philosopher

Question 4

an epidemic of an often fatal disease

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plague

Question 5

the passing down of stories from person to person orally

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oral tradition

Question 6

an ancient Greek city-state that was under strict military rule

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Sparta

Question 7

ancient Athenian leader who strove to make Athens the center of art and literature

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Pericles

Question 8

a city-state that was the best example of ancient Greek democracy; the capital of modern Greece

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Athens

Question 9

a slave

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helot

Question 10

the king of Macedonia who conquered a vast empire in Europe, Asia and Africa

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Alexander the Great

Question 11

Ancient Greek doctor who is often called “father of medicine”

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Hippocrates

Question 12

a period of time when ancient Greek and Asian cultures mixed

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Hellenistic period, golden age

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ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician whose ideas led to the field of geometry

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Pythagoras

Question 14

Land with water on 3 sides

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peninsula

Question 15

a government by the people

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democracy

Question 16

a period of time in ancient Athens when magnificent temples were built; artists created statues and monuments

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Golden Age

Question 17

to live forever

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immortal

Question 18

a scientist of the Hellenistic Age who was the first person to explain how levers work

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Archimedes

Question 19

logical thinking

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reason

Question 20

a government controlled by a few very wealthy people

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aristocracy

Question 21

an outdoor marketplace in Greece

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agora

Question 22

Greek mathematician who developed the system of plane geometry

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Euclid

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