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