Ancient Greece Vocabulary Quiz
  • 1. A city that is also an independent nation.
A) Poli/Polis or city-state
B) country
C) union
D) state
  • 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) oligarchy
B) democracy
C) teacher
D) monarchy
  • 4. Individual, powerful ruler of a country who is not a lawful king.
A) tyrant
B) ruler
C) terror
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) Target
B) shopping mall
C) agora
  • 7. The highest part of a city; often the site for a temple.
A) acropolis
B) sky
C) metropolitan
  • 8. A temple to Athena located on the Acropolis.
A) Mount Olympus
B) Egyptian
C) Parthenon
D) Zeus
  • 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 Triad and the Metropolis
B) The Illiad and the Odyssey
C) The Rules and Rulers
D) The Gods and The Goddesses
  • 11. To blockade a walled city.
A) subterfuge
B) siege
C) attack
D) corrupt
  • 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) rope
B) frieze
C) fresco
D) painting
  • 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) Medusa
B) muses
C) siblings
D) musters
  • 16. A priestess who speaks for the Gods.
A) oracle
B) muse
C) Pharaoh
D) Cleopatra
  • 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) democracy
C) priest
D) oligarchy
  • 19. A male citizen of ancient Athens.
A) slave
B) immortal
C) freeman
D) helot
  • 20. The father of philosphy.
A) Alexander the Great
B) Plato
C) Aristotle
D) Socrates
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