Ancient Greece Vocabulary Quiz
  • 1. A city that is also an independent nation.
A) state
B) Poli/Polis or city-state
C) country
D) union
  • 2. Government ruled by the people instead of a king.
A) oligarchy
B) democracy
C) monarchy
D) patriarchy
  • 3. A government ruled by a small group of people.
A) monarchy
B) oligarchy
C) democracy
D) teacher
  • 4. Individual, powerful ruler of a country who is not a lawful king.
A) Hagar the Great
B) terror
C) tyrant
D) ruler
  • 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) shopping mall
B) Target
C) agora
  • 7. The highest part of a city; often the site for a temple.
A) sky
B) acropolis
C) metropolitan
  • 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) league
B) Army
C) Navy
D) legit
  • 10. Two epic poems written by Homer.
A) The Triad and the Metropolis
B) The Gods and The Goddesses
C) The Rules and Rulers
D) The Illiad and the Odyssey
  • 11. To blockade a walled city.
A) corrupt
B) attack
C) subterfuge
D) siege
  • 12. The first and last letters of the Greek Alphabet
A) Alpha and Omega
B) & and @
C) A and B
  • 13. A decorated horizontal band that runs above doorways and windows.
A) frieze
B) fresco
C) painting
D) rope
  • 14. A long poem about great heroes and their adventures.
A) story time
B) book
C) epic
D) adventure
  • 15. Nine sisters who were the goddesses of inspiration, learning and the arts.
A) Medusa
B) musters
C) muses
D) siblings
  • 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) oligarchy
B) theocracy
C) democracy
D) monarchy
  • 18. Government by one (mono means one); a king or emporer.
A) monarchy
B) oligarchy
C) democracy
D) priest
  • 19. A male citizen of ancient Athens.
A) helot
B) immortal
C) slave
D) freeman
  • 20. The father of philosphy.
A) Plato
B) Aristotle
C) Socrates
D) Alexander the Great
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