Chapter 8

Question 1

polis

Answer 1

the Greek word for a city-state

Question 2

classical

Answer 2

an age that is marked by great achievement

Question 3

acropolis

Answer 3

a high hill

Question 4

democracy

Answer 4

a type of government in which people rule themselves

Question 5

aristocrats

Answer 5

rich landowners

Question 6

oligarchy

Answer 6

a government in which only a few people have power

Question 7

citizens

Answer 7

people who had the right to participate in government

Question 8

tyrant

Answer 8

a leader who held power through the use of force

Question 9

pericles

Answer 9

he led the government from 460 bc until his death in 429 bc

Question 10

mythology

Answer 10

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

Question 11

homer

Answer 11

the poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey

Question 12

sappho

Answer 12

made poems about love and relationships

Question 13

aesop

Answer 13

a poet famous for his fables

Question 14

fables

Answer 14

short stories that give the reader a lesson about life or give advice how to live

Question 15

influence

Answer 15

the capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behavior of someone or something