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