Going Greek Quiz

What is another name for a Greek city-state?

• Polis

• Town

• Country

• Poultry

What did the ancient Greeks call themselves?

• Greeks

• Demi-gods

• Hellenes

• Helen

Which is the correct order of the first five letters of the Greek Alphabet?

• Delta, Epsilon, Gamma, Alpha, Beta

• Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon

• Epsilon, Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta

• Alpha, Beta, Delta, Epsilon, Gamma

What was the most frequently worn item of clothing in Ancient Greece?

• Dress

• Chiton

• Robe

• Pants

What polis had a near-perfect location that ensured its success as a great seaport and commercial center?

• Argos

• Athens

• Corinth

• Sparta

Which polis had a thriving textile industry, colonized all over the eastern Mediterranean, and founded Byzantium at the entrance to the Black Sea?

• Argos

• Corinth

• Megara

• Sparta

Which polis was where democracy flourished and sculptors, mathematicians, philosophers, playwrights, and common citizens lived in freedom and participated in state decisions?

• Argos

• Athens

• Corinth

• Sparta

Which polis had a poor climate and location, but became renowned for its musicians, poets, sculptors, and open-air theaters?

• Argos

• Athens

• Megara

• Sparta

Which city-state had a military tradition of great bravery and human physical endurance, but to attain its goals harshly trained boys in "boot camps" from the age of seven?

• Argos

• Athens

• Corinth

• Sparta

What word means belief in many gods?

• Monothistic

• Polytheistic

• Theist

• Believer