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