Ancient Greece Vocabulary Quiz
  • 1. A city that is also an independent nation.
A) state
B) country
C) union
D) Poli/Polis or city-state
  • 2. Government ruled by the people instead of a king.
A) monarchy
B) oligarchy
C) democracy
D) patriarchy
  • 3. A government ruled by a small group of people.
A) oligarchy
B) monarchy
C) democracy
D) teacher
  • 4. Individual, powerful ruler of a country who is not a lawful king.
A) tyrant
B) terror
C) Hagar the Great
D) ruler
  • 5. The methods and plans a government uses to do its work.
A) legislature
B) rules
C) policy
  • 6. The main marketplace in a Greek city.
A) agora
B) Target
C) shopping mall
  • 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) Zeus
B) Mount Olympus
C) Parthenon
D) Egyptian
  • 9. The combined military forces of several poli.
A) league
B) Army
C) Navy
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) subterfuge
B) siege
C) corrupt
D) attack
  • 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) painting
B) fresco
C) rope
D) frieze
  • 14. A long poem about great heroes and their adventures.
A) story time
B) epic
C) adventure
D) book
  • 15. Nine sisters who were the goddesses of inspiration, learning and the arts.
A) Medusa
B) muses
C) siblings
D) musters
  • 16. A priestess who speaks for the Gods.
A) muse
B) Pharaoh
C) oracle
D) Cleopatra
  • 17. Government by divine guidance, it comes from the Greek word theo which means god.
A) monarchy
B) democracy
C) theocracy
D) oligarchy
  • 18. Government by one (mono means one); a king or emporer.
A) monarchy
B) democracy
C) priest
D) oligarchy
  • 19. A male citizen of ancient Athens.
A) freeman
B) helot
C) slave
D) immortal
  • 20. The father of philosphy.
A) Aristotle
B) Socrates
C) Alexander the Great
D) Plato
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