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