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Ancient Greece Trivia
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1. A Greek leader that helped the Greeks greatly by deceiving the Persians during the Battle of Salamis
Battle of Plataea
Melians
Themistocles
polis
2. A huge wall aroundAthens to protect it that was ordered to build by Pericles
Pythia
The Long Walls
citizen
Syracuse
3. Greeks who sang songs to keep records
Aspasia
Regent
Odyssey
Bards
4. Public speaking
rhetoric
Nike
Aspasia
Homer
5. In ancient Greece - a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
tyrant
Sir Arthur Evans
Darius
The Delian league
6. The first great epic that Homer wrote. It was about a prince of Troy kidnapping the wife of the king of Sparta.
Satrap
Battle of Plataea
Cultural Pluralism
Lliad
7. A battle between the Persians and theAthenians and Ionians in which the Persians wanted control of Ionia - and the Ionians andAthenians met at Marathon and fought until theAthenians won
Battle of Marathon
Battle of Plataea
Isthmus
Mardonius
8. 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
Lliad
Battle of Thermopylae
Triremes
9. Of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws
Battle of Thermopylae
Lliad
draconian
tyrant
10. 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)
tyrant
Leonidas
Battle of Salamis
Hoplite
11. An island east of Sparta that tried to remain neutral but was attacked byAthens and defeated
Persia
Pheidippides
Melos
Xerxes
12. A battle between the Greeks and the Persians in which the remaining Persian troops (lead by Mardonius) attempted to defeat the Greek troops - and because they were so small - the Greeks easily triumphed
Battle of Plataea
Cyrus
Syracuse
Xerxes
13. Another name for the Delphic Oracle
Triremes
Pythia
Homer
rhetoric
14. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
democracy
Battle of Marathon
symposium
oligarchy
15. The anti-Delian league that was a league of city-states in the Peloponnesus that fought against the Delian league (Athens).
Hoplon
Aspasia
The Peloponnesian League
citizen
16. An area in the middle east that the Persian empire was built on
Persia
Leonidas
Battle of Salamis
oligarchy
17. A league started by theAthenians that had the objective of keeping the Persians away from Greece and freeing cities from Persia. It made theAthenians very powerful.
Alcibiades
The Peloponnesian League
The Delian league
Battle of Salamis
18. People who took part in the gov gathered in agora to carry out public affairs - pass laws - and govern officials
The Parthenon
Xerxes
citizen
perioikoi
19. The son of Darius that became king of Persian and lost the second Persian war
Xerxes
Satrap
Sir Arthur Evans
citizen
20. In Spartan society - these were those residents who were neither helots nor Spartiates. Made of merchants and artisans
The Peloponnesian League
symposium
perioikoi
Lliad
21. The brother-in-law of Xerxes that was left to die with the rest of the Persians during the Battle of Plataea
Hubris
Battle of Salamis
Odyssey
Mardonius
22. A monarchy in which the power is passed down from generation to generation
democracy
Odyssey
Hereditary Monarchy
Syracuse
23. Of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws
draconian
Isthmus
oligarchy
Syracuse
24. A land bridge
The Parthenon
'dark age'
Darius
Isthmus
25. 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.
Pericles
aristocrats
The Peloponnesian League
metics
26. When there are many cultures within an empire or kingdom
Cultural Pluralism
Peloponnesus
Battle of Plataea
Lysander
27. The commander of theAthenians during the Ionian revolt that lead to war
Odyssey
Syracuse
The Delian league
Miltiades
28. The elite 10 -000 Persian soldiers that were sent to fight the Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae
The Peloponnesian League
The Immortals
draconian
Pythia
29. The governor of an administrative district
Satrap
Melians
Cyrus
symposium
30. 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.
phalanx
Xerxes
Darius
metics
31. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx
Hoplon
Pericles
Bards
democracy
32. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx
perioikoi
phalanx
Hoplon
Pythia
33. A politician inAthens that was dominant during the Periclean age who grew the Delian league into something close to an empire - approved a final peace with Persia and oversaw the building of the Parthenon
labyrinth
Persia
Cultural Pluralism
Pericles
34. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy
Homer
oligarchy
Xerxes
Odyssey
35. The first great epic that Homer wrote. It was about a prince of Troy kidnapping the wife of the king of Sparta.
The Long Walls
Lliad
Hubris
Sir Arthur Evans
36. The commander of theAthenians during the Ionian revolt that lead to war
Miltiades
Lysander
Bards
Melos
37. A monarchy in which the power is passed down from generation to generation
Regent
Hereditary Monarchy
Pythia
Cyrus
38. (1851 - 1941): British archeologist who unearthed the remains of the Minoan civilization (Knossos) on the island of Crete. - excavated Knossos
The Parthenon
democracy
Sir Arthur Evans
Pythia
39. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields
Aspasia
Melos
Hoplite
The Immortals
40. A battle between the Persians and theAthenians and Ionians in which the Persians wanted control of Ionia - and the Ionians andAthenians met at Marathon and fought until theAthenians won
Aspasia
perioikoi
Hoplon
Battle of Marathon
41. Long - thin -Athenian ships that were more maneuverable than other ships and greatly helped the Greeks in the Battle of Salamis
Triremes
Bards
perioikoi
Hubris
42. A maze
labyrinth
Lliad
Nike
perioikoi
43. The southern peninsula of Greece. Location of Sparta
Themistocles
Battle of Mycale
Peloponnesus
Persia
44. Philosophers in ancient Greece. The name directly translates to 'those who are wise'
Sophists
draconian
Syracuse
Leonidas
45. 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.
Mardonius
The Parthenon
Lysander
polis
46. The elite 10 -000 Persian soldiers that were sent to fight the Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae
The Immortals
Leonidas
Regent
Lliad
47. 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.
labyrinth
Xerxes
Aspasia
polis
48. An administrative district
Satrapy
The Long Walls
polis
Nike
49. In Spartan society - these were those residents who were neither helots nor Spartiates. Made of merchants and artisans
Battle of Salamis
perioikoi
'dark age'
Hoplite
50. A land bridge
Sir Arthur Evans
Darius
metics
Isthmus