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Greek Vocabulary
Test Description: Review of vocabulary for the Greek history unit.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is a Peninsula?
A
Water with land all the way around it.
B
Land with water all the way around it.
C
Water with land on three sides.
D
Land with water on three sides.
2) How is power passed down in a Monarch?
A
The Richest people rule.
B
From generation to generation
C
The meanest person takes over.
D
Elections.
3) Which type of government usually has power taken by force?
A
Oligarchy
B
Democracy
C
Tyrant
D
Monarchy
4) What is the name of the gathering place, market place in ancient Greece?
A
Acropolis
B
Parthenon
C
Agora
D
Peninsula
5) What is the name of a Greek soldier?
A
Trireme
B
Hoplite
C
Epics
D
Helot
6) Who was the Persian leader who attacked the Greeks at Marathon?
A
Darius I
B
Thales
C
Xerxes I
D
Leonidus
7) The Parthenon was built to honor which Greek god?
A
Athena
B
Hera
C
Zeus
D
Hades
8) What do we call a short story that is meant to teach a lesson?
A
Novel
B
Fable
C
Poem
D
Epic
9) Which type of Greek play told a humorous story?
A
Tragedy
B
Love story
C
Drama
D
Comedy
10) Which word meant city to the Greeks?
A
State
B
village
C
Province
D
Polis
11) Who is the Greek god of the sea?
A
Hades
B
Zeus
C
Posiden
D
Hera
12) Which Greek is known as the father of history?
A
Aristotle
B
Pythagoras
C
Herodotus
D
Plato
13) Which of the following is not one of the name for Greek columns?
A
Doric
B
Ionic
C
Corinthian
D
Informal
14) Who is the Greek god of love and beauty?
A
Aphrodite
B
Cupid
C
Artemis
D
Hera
15) What is the type of government in which a group of wealthy older people rule?
A
Monarch
B
Democracy
C
Tyrant
D
Oligarchy
16) Which government has leaders elected to rule?
A
Tyrant
B
Democracy
C
Oligarchy
D
Monarch
17) Who is the Greek god of the hunt and wild animals?
A
Aphrodite
B
Athena
C
Artemis
D
Apollo
18) What is the name for the Greek warships?
A
Destroyer
B
Battleships
C
Trireme
D
Hoplite
19) Who was the Persian leader that fought the Spartans in the battle of Thermopylae?
A
Leonidas
B
Darius I
C
Hippocrates
D
Xerxes I
20) What is name of the long poem that records the deeds of a legendary or real hero?
A
Fable
B
Epics
C
Tragedy
D
Comedy
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