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