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