Ancient Greek City-States Quiz

What was the common misconception about Ancient Greece that the narrator had as a child?

• That Greece was part of the Roman Empire.

• That Greece was a collection of city-states.

• That Greece was a unified empire.

• That Greece had no significant culture.

What term is often used as a shorthand for Ancient Greek city-states?

• Agora

• Asty

• Polis

• Khôra

Which of the following was NOT a well-known Ancient Greek polis?

• Athens

• Thebes

• Rome

• Sparta

What was the central marketplace in a polis called?

• Asty

• Khôra

• Acropolis

• Agora

Who were the metics in Ancient Greek society?

• Slaves with no rights

• Women with full legal rights

• Foreign citizens with full legal rights but no political rights

• Free men with full political rights

Which Greek tribe was NOT one of the four major tribes?

• Aeolians

• Macedonians

• Achaeans

• Dorians

Who was considered the progenitor of the Greek peoples in mythology?

• Achilles

• Zeus

• Hellen

• Helen of Troy

Which dialect became the lingua franca after the Macedonian conquest?

• Koine Greek

• Eastern Greek

• Central Greek

• Western Greek

What was a common cause of wars between the Greek poleis?

• Geographical isolation

• Religious differences

• Competition and shifting alliances

• Language barriers

Which empire absorbed many Greek poleis in western Anatolia by the 540s BC?

• Egyptian Empire

• Roman Empire

• Achaemenid Persian Empire

• Macedonian Empire