Ancient Greece Vocabulary Quiz
  • 1. A city that is also an independent nation.
A) country
B) state
C) union
D) Poli/Polis or city-state
  • 2. Government ruled by the people instead of a king.
A) monarchy
B) patriarchy
C) democracy
D) oligarchy
  • 3. A government ruled by a small group of people.
A) monarchy
B) democracy
C) oligarchy
D) teacher
  • 4. Individual, powerful ruler of a country who is not a lawful king.
A) terror
B) ruler
C) Hagar the Great
D) tyrant
  • 5. The methods and plans a government uses to do its work.
A) legislature
B) policy
C) rules
  • 6. The main marketplace in a Greek city.
A) Target
B) agora
C) shopping mall
  • 7. The highest part of a city; often the site for a temple.
A) metropolitan
B) sky
C) acropolis
  • 8. A temple to Athena located on the Acropolis.
A) Egyptian
B) Mount Olympus
C) Zeus
D) Parthenon
  • 9. The combined military forces of several poli.
A) legit
B) league
C) Army
D) Navy
  • 10. Two epic poems written by Homer.
A) The Gods and The Goddesses
B) The Triad and the Metropolis
C) The Illiad and the Odyssey
D) The Rules and Rulers
  • 11. To blockade a walled city.
A) attack
B) corrupt
C) subterfuge
D) siege
  • 12. The first and last letters of the Greek Alphabet
A) & and @
B) Alpha and Omega
C) A and B
  • 13. A decorated horizontal band that runs above doorways and windows.
A) rope
B) fresco
C) frieze
D) painting
  • 14. A long poem about great heroes and their adventures.
A) epic
B) adventure
C) story time
D) book
  • 15. Nine sisters who were the goddesses of inspiration, learning and the arts.
A) Medusa
B) muses
C) musters
D) siblings
  • 16. A priestess who speaks for the Gods.
A) muse
B) Pharaoh
C) oracle
D) Cleopatra
  • 17. Government by divine guidance, it comes from the Greek word theo which means god.
A) democracy
B) theocracy
C) oligarchy
D) monarchy
  • 18. Government by one (mono means one); a king or emporer.
A) oligarchy
B) monarchy
C) priest
D) democracy
  • 19. A male citizen of ancient Athens.
A) immortal
B) slave
C) freeman
D) helot
  • 20. The father of philosphy.
A) Aristotle
B) Socrates
C) Alexander the Great
D) Plato
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