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) democracy
B) patriarchy
C) monarchy
D) oligarchy
  • 3. A government ruled by a small group of people.
A) oligarchy
B) democracy
C) monarchy
D) teacher
  • 4. Individual, powerful ruler of a country who is not a lawful king.
A) Hagar the Great
B) terror
C) ruler
D) tyrant
  • 5. The methods and plans a government uses to do its work.
A) policy
B) legislature
C) rules
  • 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) acropolis
B) sky
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) Army
C) league
D) legit
  • 10. Two epic poems written by Homer.
A) The Triad and the Metropolis
B) The Illiad and the Odyssey
C) The Gods and The Goddesses
D) The Rules and Rulers
  • 11. To blockade a walled city.
A) siege
B) subterfuge
C) corrupt
D) attack
  • 12. The first and last letters of the Greek Alphabet
A) Alpha and Omega
B) & and @
C) A and B
  • 13. A decorated horizontal band that runs above doorways and windows.
A) painting
B) frieze
C) fresco
D) rope
  • 14. A long poem about great heroes and their adventures.
A) epic
B) story time
C) book
D) adventure
  • 15. Nine sisters who were the goddesses of inspiration, learning and the arts.
A) muses
B) Medusa
C) musters
D) siblings
  • 16. A priestess who speaks for the Gods.
A) oracle
B) Pharaoh
C) muse
D) Cleopatra
  • 17. Government by divine guidance, it comes from the Greek word theo which means god.
A) theocracy
B) oligarchy
C) democracy
D) monarchy
  • 18. Government by one (mono means one); a king or emporer.
A) democracy
B) priest
C) oligarchy
D) monarchy
  • 19. A male citizen of ancient Athens.
A) helot
B) immortal
C) slave
D) freeman
  • 20. The father of philosphy.
A) Plato
B) Alexander the Great
C) Aristotle
D) Socrates
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