Ancient Greece Vocabulary Quiz - Test
  • 1. A city that is also an independent nation.
A) Poli/Polis or city-state
B) state
C) country
D) union
  • 2. Government ruled by the people instead of a king.
A) monarchy
B) oligarchy
C) democracy
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) terror
B) ruler
C) Hagar the Great
D) tyrant
  • 5. The methods and plans a government uses to do its work.
A) legislature
B) rules
C) policy
  • 6. The main marketplace in a Greek city.
A) shopping mall
B) agora
C) Target
  • 7. The highest part of a city; often the site for a temple.
A) acropolis
B) sky
C) metropolitan
  • 8. A temple to Athena located on the Acropolis.
A) Mount Olympus
B) Zeus
C) Parthenon
D) Egyptian
  • 9. The combined military forces of several poli.
A) legit
B) league
C) Army
D) Navy
  • 10. Two epic poems written by Homer.
A) The Triad and the Metropolis
B) The Gods and The Goddesses
C) The Illiad and the Odyssey
D) The Rules and Rulers
  • 11. To blockade a walled city.
A) siege
B) subterfuge
C) corrupt
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) rope
C) painting
D) frieze
  • 14. A long poem about great heroes and their adventures.
A) adventure
B) story time
C) book
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) muse
B) oracle
C) Cleopatra
D) Pharaoh
  • 17. Government by divine guidance, it comes from the Greek word theo which means god.
A) monarchy
B) theocracy
C) oligarchy
D) democracy
  • 18. Government by one (mono means one); a king or emporer.
A) democracy
B) oligarchy
C) priest
D) monarchy
  • 19. A male citizen of ancient Athens.
A) immortal
B) freeman
C) slave
D) helot
  • 20. The father of philosphy.
A) Plato
B) Socrates
C) Aristotle
D) Alexander the Great
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