Ancient Greece and Rome

Two major city-states in ancient Greece were __________ and ____________.

• Athens, Sparta

• Corinth, Thebes

• Syracuse, Aegina

• Rhodes, Elis

The ancient Greeks had a system of writing. Do you know the name of the Greek alphabet?

• pi

• phi

• psi

• pie

Greece is one of the world's top producers of _________ oil. The ancient Greeks used the oil for cleaning their bodies and for lighting lamps.

• coconut

• palm

• olive

• peanut

The ancient Greeks built their cities around hills. Temples and government buildings were built on the hill, which became the centre of the city. The buildings formed a/an ___________ which means "high city".

• metropolis

• fusionpolis

• police station

• acropolis

A famous example of a temple is the _________. It was built on the Acropolis of Athens in honour of Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom and war.

• Pentagon

• Phenomenon

• Parthenon

• Pokemon

What is the name of the central marketplace in the ancient Greek cities called?

• aloha

• agora

• algorithm

• aurora

The Athens, one of the city-states, introduced a new system of government called ____________.

• autocracy

• democracy

• constituency

• privacy

The ancient Greeks were the first to build open-air theatres called _________.

• amplifiers

• ambitions

• amphibians

• amphitheatres

Ancient Rome began as a small settlement on the banks of the _____ River.

• Tibet

• Tiger

• Tiber

• Timber

The ancient Roman cities had many public buildings, such as temples, public toilets and amphitheatres. One of the most famous buildings is the _______, an amphitheatre that was used as an arena for fights.

• Cholesterol

• Chorophyll

• Coleslaw

• Colossuem