Quiz: Ancient Greece
  • 1. The highest part of a city; often the site for a temple.
A) frieze
B) agora
C) acropolis
D) league
  • 2. A government ruled by a small group of people.
A) theocracy
B) anarchy
C) oligarchy
D) tyranny
  • 3. a government ruled by the people.
A) theocracy
B) democracy
C) oligarchy
D) frieze
  • 4. Government by divine guidance, it comes from the Greek word theo which means god.
A) anarchy
B) monarchy
C) oligarchy
D) theocracy
  • 5. A long poem about great heroes and their adventures.
A) epic
B) oracle
C) frieze
D) policy
  • 6. A city that is also an independent nation.
A) agora
B) poli
C) frieze
D) parthenon
  • 7. A famous temple dedicated to Athena.
A) Oracle
B) Poli
C) Agora
D) Parthenon
  • 8. The main marketplace in a Greek city.
A) omega
B) agora
C) poli
D) frieze
  • 9. What are the two epic poems written by Homer
A) Polis and Poli
B) Alpha and Omega
C) Triad and Metropolis
D) Iliad and Odyssey
  • 10. Many times, the Greeks would siege a city. What does this mean?
A) to blockade a walled city
B) to make the villagers slaves
C) to take over a city by a dictator
D) to burn down a village
  • 11. What are the Greek names for the first and last letters of their alphabet?
A) omega and epsilon
B) sigma and kappa
C) alpha and beta
D) alpha and omega
  • 12. In monarchy, the stem mono means...
A) king
B) one
C) ten
D) emperor
  • 13. The muses were the goddesses of ...
A) learning and education
B) inspiration, learning, and the arts
C) the harvest and food
D) the arts and music
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