Ancient Greece Vocabulary Quiz
  • 1. A city that is also an independent nation.
A) country
B) Poli/Polis or city-state
C) union
D) state
  • 2. Government ruled by the people instead of a king.
A) monarchy
B) democracy
C) oligarchy
D) patriarchy
  • 3. A government ruled by a small group of people.
A) oligarchy
B) monarchy
C) teacher
D) democracy
  • 4. Individual, powerful ruler of a country who is not a lawful king.
A) Hagar the Great
B) terror
C) tyrant
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) shopping mall
C) agora
  • 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) Parthenon
B) Zeus
C) Egyptian
D) Mount Olympus
  • 9. The combined military forces of several poli.
A) league
B) Navy
C) Army
D) legit
  • 10. Two epic poems written by Homer.
A) The Illiad and the Odyssey
B) The Gods and The Goddesses
C) The Rules and Rulers
D) The Triad and the Metropolis
  • 11. To blockade a walled city.
A) siege
B) attack
C) subterfuge
D) corrupt
  • 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) painting
C) frieze
D) fresco
  • 14. A long poem about great heroes and their adventures.
A) epic
B) book
C) adventure
D) story time
  • 15. Nine sisters who were the goddesses of inspiration, learning and the arts.
A) musters
B) siblings
C) muses
D) Medusa
  • 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) theocracy
B) oligarchy
C) monarchy
D) democracy
  • 18. Government by one (mono means one); a king or emporer.
A) monarchy
B) oligarchy
C) priest
D) democracy
  • 19. A male citizen of ancient Athens.
A) helot
B) immortal
C) freeman
D) slave
  • 20. The father of philosphy.
A) Aristotle
B) Alexander the Great
C) Plato
D) Socrates
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