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Ancient Greece Vocabulary Quiz
Contributed by: DiCenzo
  • 1. A city that is also an independent nation.
A) union
B) state
C) country
D) Poli/Polis or city-state
  • 2. Government ruled by the people instead of a king.
A) oligarchy
B) democracy
C) patriarchy
D) monarchy
  • 3. A government ruled by a small group of people.
A) teacher
B) democracy
C) monarchy
D) oligarchy
  • 4. Individual, powerful ruler of a country who is not a lawful king.
A) tyrant
B) terror
C) Hagar the Great
D) ruler
  • 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) agora
B) shopping mall
C) Target
  • 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) Parthenon
B) Mount Olympus
C) Egyptian
D) Zeus
  • 9. The combined military forces of several poli.
A) Army
B) legit
C) Navy
D) league
  • 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) siege
B) corrupt
C) subterfuge
D) attack
  • 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) fresco
B) frieze
C) painting
D) rope
  • 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) Medusa
B) muses
C) musters
D) siblings
  • 16. A priestess who speaks for the Gods.
A) Pharaoh
B) Cleopatra
C) oracle
D) muse
  • 17. Government by divine guidance, it comes from the Greek word theo which means god.
A) oligarchy
B) theocracy
C) monarchy
D) democracy
  • 18. Government by one (mono means one); a king or emporer.
A) priest
B) monarchy
C) oligarchy
D) democracy
  • 19. A male citizen of ancient Athens.
A) slave
B) freeman
C) helot
D) immortal
  • 20. The father of philosphy.
A) Alexander the Great
B) Socrates
C) Plato
D) Aristotle
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