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) patriarchy
B) democracy
C) oligarchy
D) monarchy
  • 3. A government ruled by a small group of people.
A) monarchy
B) teacher
C) oligarchy
D) democracy
  • 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) legislature
C) policy
  • 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) metropolitan
B) acropolis
C) sky
  • 8. A temple to Athena located on the Acropolis.
A) Zeus
B) Parthenon
C) Mount Olympus
D) Egyptian
  • 9. The combined military forces of several poli.
A) Army
B) legit
C) Navy
D) league
  • 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) siege
C) corrupt
D) attack
  • 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) painting
B) rope
C) frieze
D) fresco
  • 14. A long poem about great heroes and their adventures.
A) adventure
B) book
C) epic
D) story time
  • 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) muse
B) Pharaoh
C) Cleopatra
D) oracle
  • 17. Government by divine guidance, it comes from the Greek word theo which means god.
A) monarchy
B) theocracy
C) democracy
D) oligarchy
  • 18. Government by one (mono means one); a king or emporer.
A) monarchy
B) democracy
C) priest
D) oligarchy
  • 19. A male citizen of ancient Athens.
A) freeman
B) slave
C) immortal
D) helot
  • 20. The father of philosphy.
A) Plato
B) Aristotle
C) Alexander the Great
D) Socrates
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