Name_______________________________________ Date_____________ Block: R1 R2 Y1 Y2
1. Most of ancient Greece was this kind of landform: _____________________________. (p. 117)
(Hint: a body of land with water on three sides.)
2. The land in ancient Greece was very: _____________________________. (p. 117)
(Hint: this word means “covered by mountains”)
3. Ancient Greece is located in the _____________________________ hemisphere. (p 117)
4. Settlements that kept close ties to their homelands: ____________________________ (p. 121)
5. The Greek name for a city-state: _____________________________ (p. 122)
6. A town or city and the surrounding farmland which have their own laws and function like a tiny
independent country is called: _____________________________. (p. 122)
7. A protected area in an Greek city-state, usually on a hill: _____________________________
(p. 122) In Athens, this was where the Parthenon was built.
8. In a Greek city-state, the place below the acropolis where people could meet, debate, talk and
buy products: _______________________________________ (p. 122)
9. A free native-born man who owned land was a __________________________ and could vote. (p. 122)
10. An ordinary citizen who took pride in fighting for his city-state: _________________________ (p. 123)
11. What were two most powerful city-states in ancient Greece:
_____________________________ and _____________________________ . (p 126)
12.
A form government in which all citizens share in running the affairs of the city-state is called:
13.
__________________________ (p. 126) (The form of government in Athens after 508 B.C.)
Sparta had a system of government in which only a few people have power. This form of government
is called an _____________________________________. (p. 126)
14.
The term used by Sparta for captive workers used as slaves: __________________________ (p. 126)
15.
Boys in Sparta trained for the __________________________ starting at age ​
seven​
. (p. 126)
16.
Sparta conquered their neighbors and turned them into _________________________. (p. 126)
17.
Girls in Sparta were trained in __________________________ This helped them stay fit so they
would become ______________________________ ___________________________ (p. 127)
18.
Sparta allowed travel only for its military and discouraged foreign ___________________. (p. 127)
19.
In Athens, boys to read, write and do ___________________________________ from one teacher.
Another teacher taught them to play ___________________________. A third teacher taught them to
______________________ and play the lyre. (p. 129)
20.
Around 776 B.C. the first Games were held to honor the god Zeus with athletic competitions.
These were called the __________________________ games. (p. 128)
21.
A group of citizens who meet to make laws for a city-state: ___________________________. (p. 129)
22.
The temple in Athens dedicated to Athena _____________________________ (p. 141)
23.
A traditional story about gods and heroes is a __________________________. (p. 155)
24.
Greek gods lived on _________________________________, the tallest mountain in Greece. (p. 155)
25.
Greek mythology expressed people’s religious ____________________. (p. 155)
Myths are stories about ___________ /__________________ and their adventures. (p. 155)
Greeks believed their gods controlled _____________________ . (p. 155)
Today, most Greeks no longer believe myths are true.
26.
To find out about the future, the Greeks visited the __________________________ at
__________________________ (p. 156)
27.
An __________________________ is a long poem that told of heroic deeds. (p. 157)
28.
A Greek slave named __________________________ became famous for his ​
fables​
. (p. 158)
29.
A __________________________ is a short tale that teaches a lesson. (p. 158)
30.
Both __________________________ and __________________________ were forms of drama that
the Greeks performed in outdoor theaters. (p. 160 - 161)
31.
The Greeks used three types of ​
columns​
, in their architecture: ______________________,
_________________________ and ________________________________. (p. 162)
32.
The art of designing and building structures is called __________________________. (p. 163)