Ancient Greece Vocabulary Quiz
  • 1. A city that is also an independent nation.
A) state
B) Poli/Polis or city-state
C) union
D) country
  • 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) monarchy
B) democracy
C) teacher
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) legislature
B) policy
C) rules
  • 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) metropolitan
B) acropolis
C) sky
  • 8. A temple to Athena located on the Acropolis.
A) Mount Olympus
B) Parthenon
C) Zeus
D) Egyptian
  • 9. The combined military forces of several poli.
A) legit
B) league
C) Navy
D) Army
  • 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) subterfuge
B) corrupt
C) attack
D) siege
  • 12. The first and last letters of the Greek Alphabet
A) & and @
B) A and B
C) Alpha and Omega
  • 13. A decorated horizontal band that runs above doorways and windows.
A) frieze
B) painting
C) rope
D) fresco
  • 14. A long poem about great heroes and their adventures.
A) adventure
B) story time
C) book
D) epic
  • 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) oracle
B) Pharaoh
C) Cleopatra
D) muse
  • 17. Government by divine guidance, it comes from the Greek word theo which means god.
A) democracy
B) theocracy
C) monarchy
D) oligarchy
  • 18. Government by one (mono means one); a king or emporer.
A) priest
B) monarchy
C) oligarchy
D) democracy
  • 19. A male citizen of ancient Athens.
A) freeman
B) slave
C) immortal
D) helot
  • 20. The father of philosphy.
A) Alexander the Great
B) Plato
C) Aristotle
D) Socrates
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