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) patriarchy
B) oligarchy
C) monarchy
D) democracy
  • 3. A government ruled by a small group of people.
A) monarchy
B) oligarchy
C) teacher
D) democracy
  • 4. Individual, powerful ruler of a country who is not a lawful king.
A) terror
B) tyrant
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) acropolis
B) metropolitan
C) sky
  • 8. A temple to Athena located on the Acropolis.
A) Egyptian
B) Zeus
C) Parthenon
D) Mount Olympus
  • 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 Rules and Rulers
B) The Illiad and the Odyssey
C) The Gods and The Goddesses
D) The Triad and the Metropolis
  • 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) Alpha and Omega
B) A and B
C) & and @
  • 13. A decorated horizontal band that runs above doorways and windows.
A) frieze
B) rope
C) fresco
D) painting
  • 14. A long poem about great heroes and their adventures.
A) adventure
B) book
C) story time
D) epic
  • 15. Nine sisters who were the goddesses of inspiration, learning and the arts.
A) musters
B) muses
C) siblings
D) Medusa
  • 16. A priestess who speaks for the Gods.
A) oracle
B) Cleopatra
C) muse
D) Pharaoh
  • 17. Government by divine guidance, it comes from the Greek word theo which means god.
A) oligarchy
B) democracy
C) monarchy
D) theocracy
  • 18. Government by one (mono means one); a king or emporer.
A) priest
B) oligarchy
C) monarchy
D) democracy
  • 19. A male citizen of ancient Athens.
A) immortal
B) freeman
C) helot
D) slave
  • 20. The father of philosphy.
A) Socrates
B) Alexander the Great
C) Plato
D) Aristotle
Students who took this test also took :

Created with That Quiz — the math test generation site with resources for other subject areas.