Ancient Greece Vocabulary Quiz

A long narrative poem describing heroic deeds is called an...

• Epic
• Metallurgy
• Architecture
• Invasion

Democracy is...

• a system of government where a King or Queen rules.
• a small group of people having control of a country.
• a form of government in which power rests with the nobility.
• a form of government where the people rule. 

A monarchy is...

• a system of government where a King or Queen rules.
• a small group of people having control of a country.
• a form of government in which power rests with the nobility.
• a form of government where the people rule. 

An Oligarchy is...

• a system of government where a King or Queen rules.
• a small group of people having control of a country.
• a form of government in which power rests with the nobility.
• a form of government where the people rule. 

A combination of Greek, Indian, Persian and Egyptian culture blended together by Alexander the Great.

• rebellion.
• prosperity.
• Hellenism
• Classical Age

This Man was the leader of Athens who helped Strengthen their democracy and glorify the city of Athens by building beautiful buildings and art after the Persian Wars.

• Draco

• Solon

• Pericles

• Philip of Macedon

Two Wars between Greece launched by King Darius and his son Xerxes in 480 and 490 BCE.

• Peloponnesian Wars

• Persian Wars

• Trojan War

• Battle of Marathon

This Battle took place 26 miles from Athens and was a Greek victory over the Persians during the first Persian War.

• Battle of Marathon

• Battle of Thermopylae

• Battle of Troy

• Battle of Bunker Hill

Greek city-state and home of the world's first democracy, named for the Greek Goddess Athena...

• Troy

• Mycenae

• Corinth

• Athens

Blind poet who told the Epic of the Iliad...

• Hector

• Homer

• Plato

• Socrates