Ancient Greece Vocabulary Quiz
  • 1. A city that is also an independent nation.
A) Poli/Polis or city-state
B) union
C) state
D) country
  • 2. Government ruled by the people instead of a king.
A) patriarchy
B) monarchy
C) democracy
D) oligarchy
  • 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) ruler
C) tyrant
D) terror
  • 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) shopping mall
B) Target
C) agora
  • 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) Parthenon
B) Mount Olympus
C) Zeus
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 Illiad and the Odyssey
B) The Rules and Rulers
C) The Triad and the Metropolis
D) The Gods and The Goddesses
  • 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) Alpha and Omega
B) & and @
C) A and B
  • 13. A decorated horizontal band that runs above doorways and windows.
A) rope
B) fresco
C) painting
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) musters
B) Medusa
C) siblings
D) muses
  • 16. A priestess who speaks for the Gods.
A) muse
B) Cleopatra
C) Pharaoh
D) oracle
  • 17. Government by divine guidance, it comes from the Greek word theo which means god.
A) monarchy
B) theocracy
C) oligarchy
D) democracy
  • 18. Government by one (mono means one); a king or emporer.
A) priest
B) monarchy
C) democracy
D) oligarchy
  • 19. A male citizen of ancient Athens.
A) freeman
B) immortal
C) slave
D) helot
  • 20. The father of philosphy.
A) Aristotle
B) Socrates
C) Alexander the Great
D) Plato
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