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Ancient Greece Vocabulary Quiz
Contributed by: DiCenzo
  • 1. A city that is also an independent nation.
A) Poli/Polis or city-state
B) union
C) country
D) state
  • 2. Government ruled by the people instead of a king.
A) oligarchy
B) patriarchy
C) democracy
D) monarchy
  • 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) tyrant
C) terror
D) Hagar the Great
  • 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) agora
C) shopping mall
  • 7. The highest part of a city; often the site for a temple.
A) sky
B) metropolitan
C) acropolis
  • 8. A temple to Athena located on the Acropolis.
A) Egyptian
B) Mount Olympus
C) Zeus
D) Parthenon
  • 9. The combined military forces of several poli.
A) Navy
B) Army
C) legit
D) league
  • 10. Two epic poems written by Homer.
A) The Gods and The Goddesses
B) The Illiad and the Odyssey
C) The Rules and Rulers
D) The Triad and the Metropolis
  • 11. To blockade a walled city.
A) subterfuge
B) attack
C) corrupt
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) rope
C) painting
D) fresco
  • 14. A long poem about great heroes and their adventures.
A) story time
B) adventure
C) book
D) epic
  • 15. Nine sisters who were the goddesses of inspiration, learning and the arts.
A) siblings
B) muses
C) Medusa
D) musters
  • 16. A priestess who speaks for the Gods.
A) Cleopatra
B) oracle
C) muse
D) Pharaoh
  • 17. Government by divine guidance, it comes from the Greek word theo which means god.
A) monarchy
B) democracy
C) theocracy
D) oligarchy
  • 18. Government by one (mono means one); a king or emporer.
A) democracy
B) monarchy
C) priest
D) oligarchy
  • 19. A male citizen of ancient Athens.
A) immortal
B) freeman
C) helot
D) slave
  • 20. The father of philosphy.
A) Plato
B) Aristotle
C) Alexander the Great
D) Socrates
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