Ancient Greece quiz

What is the ancient Greek word for 'city'

• police

• polis

• parthenon

• acropolis

Which word means

'a fortified area within a larger city. It is usually located on top of a hill and at the centre of the city'?

• Acropolis

• Polis

• Parthenon

• Assembly

When were male citizens of Athens given the vote?

• 808 BC

• 708 BC

• 608 BC

• 508 BC

When did Alexander the Great take control of Greece?

• 538 BC

• 438 BC

• 338 BC

• 238 BC

When did the Romans defeat Greece and Greece become part of the Roman Empire?

• 246 BC

• 146 BC

• 146 AD

• 246 AD

Who was a mathematician, astronomer and inventorr who discovered displacement law of physics?

• Archimedes

• Aristotle

• Herodotus

• Plato

Who is known as 'the father of history'?

• Archimedes

• Aristotle

• Herodotus

• Plato

Who was a mathmetician who is famous for his work on triangles?

• Aristotle

• Herodotus

• Hippocrates

• Pythagoras

Which Greek god or goddess were the Olympics held in honour of?

• Zeus

• Athena

• Ares

• Apollo

Who do some historians call the first Greeks?

• The Minoans

• The Myceneans

• The Athenians

• The Spartans