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Unit 5 vocabulary

Quiz by Joelle Voelker

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  • Q1
    Government that has rule by the few
    Oligarchy
    30s
  • Q2
    Rule by the people (voting)
    Democracy
    30s
  • Q3
    Land that is almost completely surrounded by water
    peninsula
    30s
  • Q4
    A fort built on top of a large hill
    Acropolis
    30s
  • Q5
    A collection of myths (stories about how the actions of gods and goddesses affected the lives of people)
    Mythology
    30s
  • Q6
    Series of athletic competitions among the different city-states in ancient Greece held in honor of the god Zeus
    Olympics
    30s
  • Q7
    The name for a Greek city-state
    Polis
    30s
  • Q8
    a deep body of water close to the shore
    harbor
    30s
  • Q9
    a chain of islands
    archipelago
    30s
  • Q10
    a leader that usually took power by force; a military leader
    tyrant
    30s
  • Q11
    Citizens vote directly on issues
    direct democracy
    30s
  • Q12
    Citizens vote for representatives or leaders
    representative democracy
    30s
  • Q13
    the very wealthiest social class in Rome
    plebeian
    patrician
    30s
  • Q14
    the lowest social class in ancient Rome
    patrician
    plebeian
    30s
  • Q15
    A government in which citizens elect leaders
    republic
    30s

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