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Ancient Greece Trivia
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1. A battle between the Persians and the Greeks in which the Persians relied on the help of the Ionians to defeat the Greeks - but the Ionians backed out at the last minute - so the Greeks won.
Battle of Mycale
Battle of Marathon
Miltiades
oligarchy
2. Long - thin -Athenian ships that were more maneuverable than other ships and greatly helped the Greeks in the Battle of Salamis
Triremes
Battle of Plataea
Battle of Mycale
oligarchy
3. A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching close together in a rectangular formation. Made up of farmers
Isthmus
Triremes
constitution
phalanx
4. Plan of gov- in 507 b.c. made freeAthenian born men citizens
citizen
Themistocles
constitution
Cultural Pluralism
5. The king of the Persian empire from 522 to 480 BCE who spit the area into 20 administrative areas
The Long Walls
'dark age'
polis
Darius
6. An area in the middle east that the Persian empire was built on
Battle of Salamis
phalanx
Persia
tyrant
7. Nobles who gained power of Greece in the 700s and provided cavalry for the king's military adventures
aristocrats
tyrant
Themistocles
Melians
8. A Corinthian colony and one of the wealthiest Greek cities that was at war withAthens when they aided Egesta
Lysander
metics
Cyrus
Syracuse
9. A Greek leader that helped the Greeks greatly by deceiving the Persians during the Battle of Salamis
Battle of Plataea
citizen
perioikoi
Themistocles
10. A self-governing city-state; the basic political unit of the Greek world. comprised a city - with its acropolis and agora and the surrounding territory.
Sir Arthur Evans
polis
Bards
Triremes
11. The king of Persia that built up a huge empire and ruled it from 559 BCE to 530 BCE
Darius
Isthmus
Cyrus
Regent
12. A land bridge
Battle of Marathon
Cultural Pluralism
labyrinth
Isthmus
13. Philosophers in ancient Greece. The name directly translates to 'those who are wise'
Sophists
perioikoi
Pythia
Mardonius
14. TheAthenian messenger that supposedly ran toAthens to announce their victory in the Battle of Marathon and also supposedly ran fromAthens to Sparta to ask the Spartans for help
Aspasia
Pythia
Pheidippides
Melos
15. The governor of an administrative district
Battle of Mycale
perioikoi
Satrap
metics
16. The people from the island of Melos
Nike
Nike
tyrant
Melians
17. A self-governing city-state; the basic political unit of the Greek world. comprised a city - with its acropolis and agora and the surrounding territory.
polis
Darius
Bards
Lysander
18. Ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)
Miltiades
Battle of Mycale
Isthmus
Homer
19. A substitute ruler
Regent
Lliad
Sir Arthur Evans
constitution
20. In ancient Greece - a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
tyrant
phalanx
Leonidas
constitution
21. A battle between the Persian and the Spartans in which the Persian attempted to avenge Darius' defeat during the Battle of Marathon - and - due to a Greek traitor - the war ended up being 300 Spartans against 10 -000 Persians (the immortals) - so the
Themistocles
Battle of Thermopylae
mercenary
Odyssey
22. When there are many cultures within an empire or kingdom
Cultural Pluralism
Hoplon
The Parthenon
Aspasia
23. Public speaking
rhetoric
Battle of Thermopylae
Pheidippides
The Long Walls
24. The king of Persia that built up a huge empire and ruled it from 559 BCE to 530 BCE
Battle of Thermopylae
The Long Walls
rhetoric
Cyrus
25. A battle between the Persians and the Greeks in which the Persians relied on the help of the Ionians to defeat the Greeks - but the Ionians backed out at the last minute - so the Greeks won.
Battle of Mycale
symposium
phalanx
Battle of Marathon
26. The Spartan that was in power ofAthens after the loss of the first Peloponnesian war who theAthenians eventually rebelled against to get their independence back
symposium
Peloponnesus
Lysander
'dark age'
27. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae
Regent
The Parthenon
Triremes
Leonidas
28. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields
Hoplite
Aspasia
The Long Walls
Bards
29. The Greek word for excessive pride
Hubris
Pericles
Hoplon
citizen
30. Greeks who sang songs to keep records
Bards
Satrap
phalanx
metics
31. A Greek man that was so desperate for glory that he started a war against Sparta that theAthenians were bound to lose - and when he got called back toAthens for vandalism - he went to the Spartans to aid them
Aspasia
Hoplite
Hoplon
Alcibiades
32. A Corinthian colony and one of the wealthiest Greek cities that was at war withAthens when they aided Egesta
Syracuse
Sir Arthur Evans
Aspasia
Xerxes
33. A battle between the Persians and theAthenians that was caused by the Persians burningAthens and took place in the sea. TheAthenians won because of there more maneuverable ships (triremes)
Battle of Salamis
Hubris
Alcibiades
The Peloponnesian League
34. From the word for 'drinking together'; an after-dinner drinking party attended by elite males. they sang poems - posed riddles - played drinking games - and delivered philosophical speeches. Other entertainment was provided by musicians - jugglers -
Battle of Thermopylae
symposium
Mardonius
oligarchy
35. A battle between the Persians and theAthenians that was caused by the Persians burningAthens and took place in the sea. TheAthenians won because of there more maneuverable ships (triremes)
Battle of Salamis
Battle of Thermopylae
Leonidas
Themistocles
36. Long - thin -Athenian ships that were more maneuverable than other ships and greatly helped the Greeks in the Battle of Salamis
citizen
Pythia
polis
Triremes
37. People who took part in the gov gathered in agora to carry out public affairs - pass laws - and govern officials
Hoplite
Leonidas
Themistocles
citizen
38. An island east of Sparta that tried to remain neutral but was attacked byAthens and defeated
Melos
The Peloponnesian League
The Immortals
Aspasia
39. Another name for the Delphic Oracle
Pheidippides
Peloponnesus
rhetoric
Pythia
40. The commander of theAthenians during the Ionian revolt that lead to war
The Long Walls
Miltiades
Lysander
mercenary
41. (1851 - 1941): British archeologist who unearthed the remains of the Minoan civilization (Knossos) on the island of Crete. - excavated Knossos
The Parthenon
Sir Arthur Evans
Pheidippides
Melos
42. A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching close together in a rectangular formation. Made up of farmers
Themistocles
Xerxes
Battle of Marathon
phalanx
43. In Spartan society - these were those residents who were neither helots nor Spartiates. Made of merchants and artisans
Bards
Hereditary Monarchy
'dark age'
perioikoi
44. Form of government in which a few wealthy people have the power
oligarchy
The Parthenon
Melians
Sir Arthur Evans
45. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae
phalanx
Leonidas
Nike
phalanx
46. The Greek word for excessive pride
Battle of Thermopylae
Lysander
Cultural Pluralism
Hubris
47. Greeks who sang songs to keep records
Bards
Sophists
Melos
mercenary
48. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
democracy
rhetoric
Pheidippides
Triremes
49. The son of Darius that became king of Persian and lost the second Persian war
Xerxes
Pericles
Miltiades
democracy
50. People living inAthens who were notAthenian citizens - who could work and who paid taxes but were not allowed to own land or take part in government.
metics
The Immortals
labyrinth
Peloponnesus