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Ancient Greece Vocabulary Quiz
Contributed by: DiCenzo
  • 1. A city that is also an independent nation.
A) Poli/Polis or city-state
B) state
C) country
D) union
  • 2. Government ruled by the people instead of a king.
A) democracy
B) patriarchy
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) tyrant
B) terror
C) ruler
D) Hagar the Great
  • 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) Target
C) agora
  • 7. The highest part of a city; often the site for a temple.
A) acropolis
B) metropolitan
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) legit
D) Army
  • 10. Two epic poems written by Homer.
A) The Gods and The Goddesses
B) The Rules and Rulers
C) The Triad and the Metropolis
D) The Illiad and the Odyssey
  • 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) Alpha and Omega
C) & and @
  • 13. A decorated horizontal band that runs above doorways and windows.
A) rope
B) fresco
C) frieze
D) painting
  • 14. A long poem about great heroes and their adventures.
A) epic
B) story time
C) book
D) adventure
  • 15. Nine sisters who were the goddesses of inspiration, learning and the arts.
A) musters
B) muses
C) Medusa
D) siblings
  • 16. A priestess who speaks for the Gods.
A) Pharaoh
B) Cleopatra
C) muse
D) oracle
  • 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) monarchy
C) oligarchy
D) priest
  • 19. A male citizen of ancient Athens.
A) immortal
B) helot
C) slave
D) freeman
  • 20. The father of philosphy.
A) Aristotle
B) Plato
C) Socrates
D) Alexander the Great
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