Ancient Greek Civilization Quiz

What is another name for a Greek city-state?

• Polis

• Agora

• Acropolis

• Parthenon

What did the ancient Greeks call themselves as people?

• Romans

• Hellenes

• Spartans

• Athenians

What are the first five letters of the Greek alphabet in order?

• Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and Epsilon

• Alpha, Beta, Delta, Gamma, and Epsilon

• Alpha, Gamma, Beta, Delta, and Epsilon

• Alpha, Delta, Beta, Gamma, and Epsilon

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

• Toga

• Tunic

• Chiton

• Peplos

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

• Athens

• Corinth

• Sparta

• Delphi

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

• Megara

• Athens

• Sparta

• Corinth

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

• Sparta

• Corinth

• Athens

• Argos

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

• Argos

• Athens

• Sparta

• Corinth

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

• Athens

• Corinth

• Sparta

• Thebes

What does polytheistic mean?

• Believing in one god

• Believing in many gods

• Believing in no gods

• Believing in spirits