chapter 8

Question 1

polis

Answer 1

the greek word for a city-state

Question 2

classical

Answer 2

a age is one that is is marked by great achievements

Question 3

acropolis

Answer 3

a high hill called arcopolis

Question 4

democracy

Answer 4

a type of government in which people rule themselves

Question 5

aristocrats

Answer 5

rich landowers

Question 6

oligarchy

Answer 6

a government in which only a few people have power

Question 7

citizens

Answer 7

people who had the rights to participate in government

Question 8

tyrant

Answer 8

which meant a leader who held power through the use of force

Question 9

Pericles

Answer 9

he led the government from about 460 BC until his death in 429 BC

Question 10

mythology

Answer 10

a body of stories about gods and heroes that try ro explain how the world works

Question 11

Homer

Answer 11

the Iliad and the Odyssey, by a poet named Homer

Question 12

Sappho

Answer 12

her poems were beauitful and emotional

Question 13

Aesop

Answer 13

For example, is famous for his fables

Question 14

fables

Answer 14

are short stories that teach the reader lessons about lif or give advice on how to live

Question 15

influence

Answer 15

the capacity to havean effect on the character, development, or behavior of someone or smoething, or the effect itself