Ancient Greece Vocabulary Quiz
  • 1. A city that is also an independent nation.
A) state
B) union
C) Poli/Polis or city-state
D) country
  • 2. Government ruled by the people instead of a king.
A) democracy
B) patriarchy
C) monarchy
D) oligarchy
  • 3. A government ruled by a small group of people.
A) democracy
B) oligarchy
C) teacher
D) monarchy
  • 4. Individual, powerful ruler of a country who is not a lawful king.
A) tyrant
B) Hagar the Great
C) ruler
D) terror
  • 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) Target
B) shopping mall
C) agora
  • 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) Army
B) league
C) legit
D) Navy
  • 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) attack
B) siege
C) corrupt
D) subterfuge
  • 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) rope
B) painting
C) frieze
D) fresco
  • 14. A long poem about great heroes and their adventures.
A) book
B) adventure
C) story time
D) epic
  • 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) Pharaoh
B) Cleopatra
C) muse
D) oracle
  • 17. Government by divine guidance, it comes from the Greek word theo which means god.
A) oligarchy
B) monarchy
C) democracy
D) theocracy
  • 18. Government by one (mono means one); a king or emporer.
A) democracy
B) oligarchy
C) monarchy
D) priest
  • 19. A male citizen of ancient Athens.
A) immortal
B) slave
C) helot
D) freeman
  • 20. The father of philosphy.
A) Aristotle
B) Plato
C) Socrates
D) Alexander the Great
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