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