Ancient Greece Vocabulary Quiz

What is a raw material?

• a substance from which other things are made

• a government ruled by a single person, such as a king

• a long story in the form of a narrative poem

• a character who faces a challenge

What is a labyrinth?

• the highest point in an ancient Greek city

• an open space in an ancient Greece city that served as a marketplace and social center

• a maze

• a character who faces a challenge

What is a monarchy?

• the highest point in an ancient Greek city

• a government ruled by a single person, such as a king

• a long story in the form of a narrative poem

• a character who faces a challenge

What is a polis?

• a Greek city-state

• a government ruled by a single person, such as a king

• a long story in the form of a narrative poem

• a character who faces a challenge

What is a hero?

• the highest point in an ancient Greek city

• an open space in an ancient Greece city that served as a marketplace and social center

• a long story in the form of a narrative poem

• a character who faces a challenge that demands courage, strength, and intelligence

What is a myth?

• an old story told to explain an event or justify a belief or action

• a government ruled by a single person, such as a king

• a long story in the form of a narrative poem

• a character who faces a challenge

What is an alliance?

• an agreement between nations to fight each other's enemies; a partnership

• a government ruled by a single person, such as a king

• a long story in the form of a narrative poem

• a character who faces a challenge

What is Athens?

• a city-state in Greece, named for its devotion to Athena, the goddess of wisdom

• a government ruled by a single person, such as a king

• a long story in the form of a narrative poem

• a character who faces a challenge

What is an acropolis?

• the highest point in an ancient Greek city

• an open space in an ancient Greece city

• a long story in the form of a narrative poem

• a character who faces a challenge

Who is Homer?

• a blind bard (poet) in ancient Greece who wrote the epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey

• a government ruled by a single person, such as a king

• a long story in the form of a narrative poem

• a character who faces a challenge