Ancient Greece Vocabulary Quiz
  • 1. A city that is also an independent nation.
A) state
B) country
C) Poli/Polis or city-state
D) union
  • 2. Government ruled by the people instead of a king.
A) democracy
B) oligarchy
C) patriarchy
D) monarchy
  • 3. A government ruled by a small group of people.
A) teacher
B) oligarchy
C) democracy
D) monarchy
  • 4. Individual, powerful ruler of a country who is not a lawful king.
A) tyrant
B) Hagar the Great
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) Target
B) agora
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) Zeus
B) Egyptian
C) Mount Olympus
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 Gods and The Goddesses
B) The Illiad and the Odyssey
C) The Rules and Rulers
D) The Triad and the Metropolis
  • 11. To blockade a walled city.
A) subterfuge
B) attack
C) corrupt
D) siege
  • 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) frieze
B) painting
C) fresco
D) rope
  • 14. A long poem about great heroes and their adventures.
A) epic
B) adventure
C) story time
D) book
  • 15. Nine sisters who were the goddesses of inspiration, learning and the arts.
A) muses
B) siblings
C) Medusa
D) musters
  • 16. A priestess who speaks for the Gods.
A) Pharaoh
B) muse
C) Cleopatra
D) oracle
  • 17. Government by divine guidance, it comes from the Greek word theo which means god.
A) monarchy
B) oligarchy
C) democracy
D) theocracy
  • 18. Government by one (mono means one); a king or emporer.
A) oligarchy
B) democracy
C) monarchy
D) priest
  • 19. A male citizen of ancient Athens.
A) freeman
B) immortal
C) slave
D) helot
  • 20. The father of philosphy.
A) Aristotle
B) Plato
C) Alexander the Great
D) Socrates
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