TCI Ancient Greek Vocabulary Quiz

Which term matches the definition: "Greek term meaning 'high point of the city'?"

• acropolis
• monarchy
• geometry
• agora

Answer explanation

Acropolis is the fortified "high city," often on a hill.

Which term matches the definition: "A landowner or noble, usually part of the wealthy upper class; wealthy nobles."

• aristocrats
• citizens
• oligarchs
• colonists

Answer explanation

Aristocrats were the powerful landowning class in ancient Greece.

Which term is described as "A city-state in ancient Greece; the capital of modern-day Greece"?

• Athens
• Sparta
• Alexander the Great
• Parthenon

Answer explanation

Athens is both an ancient city-state and the modern capital of Greece.

Which term means "A member of a democracy who has certain rights and responsibilities"?

• citizen
• aristocrat
• tyrant
• colonist

Answer explanation

In ancient Athens, only citizens had specific political rights.

Which term means "An early city that was like a small country with its own laws and government"?

• city-states
• assemblies
• colonies
• peninsula

Answer explanation

Each Greek polis functioned as an independent city-state.

Which form of government is "shared by all citizens"?

• democracy
• monarchy
• oligarchy
• tyranny

Answer explanation

Demos = people; kratos = power or rule.

A monachy is a form of government that is "in the hands of one person"—specifically a hereditary ruler?

• True
• False

Answer explanation

Monarchy means rule by one (a king or queen), typically hereditary.

Which term is "A traditional story about gods, ancestors, or heroes, told to explain the natural world"?

• myth
• drama
• mythology
• theater

Answer explanation

A myth often explains the origin of elements in nature or culture.

Which form of government is "in the hands of a few (wealthy) people"?

• oligarchy
• democracy
• tyranny
• monarchy

Answer explanation

Oligarchy = rule by a few.

Which form of government is "in the hands of one person who is not the lawful king"?

• tyranny
• democracy
• monarchy
• oligarchy

Answer explanation

A tyrant seizes power illegally.