Ancient Greece Vocabulary Quiz
  • 1. A city that is also an independent nation.
A) country
B) union
C) Poli/Polis or city-state
D) state
  • 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) democracy
B) teacher
C) monarchy
D) oligarchy
  • 4. Individual, powerful ruler of a country who is not a lawful king.
A) terror
B) ruler
C) tyrant
D) Hagar the Great
  • 5. The methods and plans a government uses to do its work.
A) policy
B) legislature
C) rules
  • 6. The main marketplace in a Greek city.
A) agora
B) shopping mall
C) Target
  • 7. The highest part of a city; often the site for a temple.
A) metropolitan
B) sky
C) acropolis
  • 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) Navy
B) Army
C) league
D) legit
  • 10. Two epic poems written by Homer.
A) The Gods and The Goddesses
B) The Triad and the Metropolis
C) The Rules and Rulers
D) The Illiad and the Odyssey
  • 11. To blockade a walled city.
A) corrupt
B) subterfuge
C) siege
D) attack
  • 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) fresco
B) rope
C) painting
D) frieze
  • 14. A long poem about great heroes and their adventures.
A) epic
B) adventure
C) book
D) story time
  • 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) Cleopatra
B) muse
C) Pharaoh
D) oracle
  • 17. Government by divine guidance, it comes from the Greek word theo which means god.
A) theocracy
B) democracy
C) monarchy
D) oligarchy
  • 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) slave
C) immortal
D) freeman
  • 20. The father of philosphy.
A) Alexander the Great
B) Aristotle
C) Plato
D) Socrates
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