Ancient Greece Vocabulary Quiz
  • 1. A city that is also an independent nation.
A) country
B) union
C) state
D) Poli/Polis or city-state
  • 2. Government ruled by the people instead of a king.
A) monarchy
B) patriarchy
C) oligarchy
D) democracy
  • 3. A government ruled by a small group of people.
A) oligarchy
B) teacher
C) democracy
D) monarchy
  • 4. Individual, powerful ruler of a country who is not a lawful king.
A) ruler
B) terror
C) Hagar the Great
D) tyrant
  • 5. The methods and plans a government uses to do its work.
A) rules
B) policy
C) legislature
  • 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) acropolis
B) metropolitan
C) sky
  • 8. A temple to Athena located on the Acropolis.
A) Zeus
B) Egyptian
C) Mount Olympus
D) Parthenon
  • 9. The combined military forces of several poli.
A) Army
B) league
C) Navy
D) legit
  • 10. Two epic poems written by Homer.
A) The Illiad and the Odyssey
B) The Triad and the Metropolis
C) The Rules and Rulers
D) The Gods and The Goddesses
  • 11. To blockade a walled city.
A) siege
B) attack
C) corrupt
D) subterfuge
  • 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) painting
B) frieze
C) rope
D) fresco
  • 14. A long poem about great heroes and their adventures.
A) book
B) story time
C) adventure
D) epic
  • 15. Nine sisters who were the goddesses of inspiration, learning and the arts.
A) siblings
B) Medusa
C) musters
D) muses
  • 16. A priestess who speaks for the Gods.
A) Cleopatra
B) Pharaoh
C) muse
D) oracle
  • 17. Government by divine guidance, it comes from the Greek word theo which means god.
A) theocracy
B) monarchy
C) oligarchy
D) democracy
  • 18. Government by one (mono means one); a king or emporer.
A) oligarchy
B) democracy
C) priest
D) monarchy
  • 19. A male citizen of ancient Athens.
A) helot
B) immortal
C) slave
D) freeman
  • 20. The father of philosphy.
A) Alexander the Great
B) Plato
C) Socrates
D) Aristotle
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