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Greece vocabulary
Greece unit
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Paintings done on wet plaster walls | Frescoes |
| Greek word for city-state which centered around a central fort | |
| hill or mountain in Greece that included a fort as well as temples and other public buildings | |
| Marketplace in a city-state in Greece | |
| Traditional stories about Gods, Goddesses and heroes | |
| special places where the ancient Greeks believed gods spoke through priests/priestesses | |
| Greek city-states controlled by nobles | |
| Heavily armed Greek infantry who carried long spears and fought in closely spaced rows | |
| In ancient Greece, rulers who seized power by force but who rules with the people’s support; later came to refer to rulers who exercise brutal and oppressive power | |
| Idea that people can and should rule themselves | |
| Government in which citizens take part |