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) oligarchy
B) democracy
C) patriarchy
D) monarchy
  • 3. A government ruled by a small group of people.
A) monarchy
B) teacher
C) oligarchy
D) democracy
  • 4. Individual, powerful ruler of a country who is not a lawful king.
A) Hagar the Great
B) tyrant
C) ruler
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) sky
B) metropolitan
C) acropolis
  • 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) league
B) Navy
C) legit
D) Army
  • 10. Two epic poems written by Homer.
A) The Illiad and the Odyssey
B) The Gods and The Goddesses
C) The Rules and Rulers
D) The Triad and the Metropolis
  • 11. To blockade a walled city.
A) corrupt
B) subterfuge
C) attack
D) siege
  • 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) fresco
B) frieze
C) rope
D) painting
  • 14. A long poem about great heroes and their adventures.
A) epic
B) adventure
C) book
D) story time
  • 15. Nine sisters who were the goddesses of inspiration, learning and the arts.
A) siblings
B) muses
C) Medusa
D) musters
  • 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) democracy
D) monarchy
  • 18. Government by one (mono means one); a king or emporer.
A) priest
B) oligarchy
C) monarchy
D) democracy
  • 19. A male citizen of ancient Athens.
A) helot
B) freeman
C) slave
D) immortal
  • 20. The father of philosphy.
A) Aristotle
B) Plato
C) Alexander the Great
D) Socrates
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