Part 1 (2024/2025)

Question 1

Ally

Answer 1

independent state that works with other states to achieve a shared military or political goal.

Question 2

Aristocracy

Answer 2

hereditary class of rulers, Greek for “rule by the best people”

Question 3

Artifact

Answer 3

object made by a human being

Question 4

Cease

Answer 4

to stop

Question 5

Citizen

Answer 5

legal member of a country or city-state

Question 6

Complex

Answer 6

having many related parts; not simple

Question 7

Conclude

Answer 7

to decide as a result of thinking or reasoning

Question 8

Culture

Answer 8

beliefs, customs, practices, and behavior of a particular nation or group of people

Question 9

Democracy

Answer 9

form of government in which citizens hold political power

Question 10

Direct Democracy

Answer 10

government in which citizens take part directly in the day-to-day affairs of government

Question 11

Domesticate

Answer 11

change the growth of plants or behavior of animals in ways that are useful for humans

Question 12

Economy

Answer 12

the system by which a country’s people make a living

Question 13

Evidence

Answer 13

information used to prove something

Question 14

Exclude

Answer 14

to shut out, keep from participating

Question 15

Fossil

Answer 15

preserved remains of ancient human, animal, or plant

Question 16

Geologist

Answer 16

scientist who studies the physical materials of the Earth itself, such as soil and rocks

Question 17

Hereditary

Answer 17

Holding a position passed down from parents

Question 18

Hippocratic Oath

Answer 18

oath taken by medical students swearing to practice medicine in an ethical way

Question 19

Hypothesis

Answer 19

logical guess

Question 20

Lecturer

Answer 20

person who gives an informative talk to students

Question 21

Maintain

Answer 21

to keep and support

Question 22

Migration

Answer 22

movement of people from one place to another

Question 23

Mythology

Answer 23

collection of myths or stories that people tell about their gods and heroes

Question 24

Network

Answer 24

a closely interconnected group of people or things

Question 25

Oligarchy

Answer 25

government in which a small group of people rule

Question 26

Phalanx

Answer 26

Greek military formation of heavily armed foot soldiers who moved together as a unit

Question 27

Polis

Answer 27

Greek city-state

Question 28

Politics

Answer 28

art and practice of government

Question 29

Polytheism

Answer 29

worship of many gods or deities

Question 30

Prehistory

Answer 30

time before humans invented writing

Question 31

Representative Democracy

Answer 31

democracy in which people elect representatives to make the nation's laws

Question 32

Resource

Answer 32

supply of something that can be used as needed

Question 33

Slavery

Answer 33

ownership and control of other people as property

Question 34

Specialization

Answer 34

act of concentrating on a limited number of goods or activities

Question 35

Surplus

Answer 35

extra

Question 36

Tyranny

Answer 36

unjust use of power, or in ancient Greece a government run by a strong ruler