World HistoryAKS 32 Greece and Rome Vocabulary Quiz

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the BEST answer.

  1. In Greek society, a polis was a:

  1. A battle formation used in war.
  2. The main market where goods were traded.
  3. The religious leader of each community.
  4. The urban center and its surrounding countryside.
  5. A government official responsible for levying taxes.

  1. A form of government that emerged in ancient Greece, which was ruled by a small group of citizens who controlled the military was a:

  1. Monarchy
  2. Aristocracy
  3. Tyranny
  4. Democracy
  5. Oligarchy

  1. Which of the following is the type of government practiced in the city-state of Athens in ancient Greece?

  1. Oligarchy
  2. Tyranny
  3. Monarchy
  4. Democracy
  5. Aristocracy

  1. A phalanx was a
  2. Training center used by the Spartans to train their future soldiers
  3. The site of a famous battle between the Spartans and the Athenians during the Peloponnesian War
  4. A specialized warship used by the Persians against the Greeks during the Persian Wars.
  5. A group of advisors assembled by Pericles during his rule of Athens
  6. A military formation which became the most powerful fighting force in the ancient world.
  1. Which of the following government positions within the Roman Republic was responsible for commanding the army and directing the government?

  1. Senators.
  2. Consuls.
  3. Dictators.
  4. Legions.
  5. Tribunes.

  1. As a result of 207 years of Pax Romana, the Roman Empire:

  1. Experienced continuing hostilities among neighboring regions
  2. Survived invasions from barbarian tribes
  3. Shrank in size and wealth
  4. Experienced peace and prosperity
  5. Experienced tax free living

  1. The Jewish Diaspora refers to ______.

  1. The destruction of the Temple in A.D. 70.
  2. The years the Jews were slaves in Egypt
  3. Jerusalem.
  4. The forced dispersal of Jews.
  5. The rebuilding of Solomon’s Temple.

  1. ______were the wealthy landowning class that held most of the power in the Roman Republic.

  1. Plebeians
  2. Epicureans
  3. Patricians
  4. Mercenaries
  5. Heretics

  1. Which of the following is the head of the early Christian church?

  1. Priest
  2. Bishop
  3. Apostle
  4. Pope
  5. Archbishop

  1. After the Romans drove the last Etruscan monarch from power, they established a republic, a government:
  2. in which Power rests with citizens who have a right to selected their leaders in the Senate
  3. in which Power rests with a small minority who are supported by the military
  4. in which Power rests with the citizens who participate directly in law-making
  5. in which Power rests with the nobility and the wealthy
  6. in which Power rests with a king