Ancient Greece Vocabulary Quiz
  • 1. A city that is also an independent nation.
A) union
B) country
C) Poli/Polis or city-state
D) state
  • 2. Government ruled by the people instead of a king.
A) oligarchy
B) democracy
C) patriarchy
D) monarchy
  • 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) ruler
B) tyrant
C) Hagar the Great
D) terror
  • 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) Target
B) shopping mall
C) agora
  • 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) Egyptian
B) Parthenon
C) Mount Olympus
D) Zeus
  • 9. The combined military forces of several poli.
A) league
B) Navy
C) Army
D) legit
  • 10. Two epic poems written by Homer.
A) The Rules and Rulers
B) The Illiad and the Odyssey
C) The Gods and The Goddesses
D) The Triad and the Metropolis
  • 11. To blockade a walled city.
A) attack
B) subterfuge
C) siege
D) corrupt
  • 12. The first and last letters of the Greek Alphabet
A) Alpha and Omega
B) A and B
C) & and @
  • 13. A decorated horizontal band that runs above doorways and windows.
A) fresco
B) painting
C) rope
D) frieze
  • 14. A long poem about great heroes and their adventures.
A) book
B) epic
C) story time
D) adventure
  • 15. Nine sisters who were the goddesses of inspiration, learning and the arts.
A) muses
B) siblings
C) Medusa
D) musters
  • 16. A priestess who speaks for the Gods.
A) Pharaoh
B) Cleopatra
C) oracle
D) muse
  • 17. Government by divine guidance, it comes from the Greek word theo which means god.
A) monarchy
B) theocracy
C) democracy
D) oligarchy
  • 18. Government by one (mono means one); a king or emporer.
A) democracy
B) priest
C) monarchy
D) oligarchy
  • 19. A male citizen of ancient Athens.
A) slave
B) immortal
C) freeman
D) helot
  • 20. The father of philosphy.
A) Plato
B) Alexander the Great
C) Socrates
D) Aristotle
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