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Ancient Greece Trivia

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1. The southern peninsula of Greece. Location of Sparta






2. The people from the island of Melos






3. A huge wall aroundAthens to protect it that was ordered to build by Pericles






4. 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 -






5. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx






6. 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 -






7. In Spartan society - these were those residents who were neither helots nor Spartiates. Made of merchants and artisans






8. The southern peninsula of Greece. Location of Sparta






9. Greeks who sang songs to keep records






10. The governor of an administrative district






11. Long - thin -Athenian ships that were more maneuverable than other ships and greatly helped the Greeks in the Battle of Salamis






12. A huge temple forAthena that was very expensive and time consuming for theAthenians. The building of the temple was overseen by Pericles.






13. A Greek leader that helped the Greeks greatly by deceiving the Persians during the Battle of Salamis






14. The anti-Delian league that was a league of city-states in the Peloponnesus that fought against the Delian league (Athens).






15. 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.






16. The son of Darius that became king of Persian and lost the second Persian war






17. A huge temple forAthena that was very expensive and time consuming for theAthenians. The building of the temple was overseen by Pericles.






18. TheAthenian word for victory






19. Greeks who sang songs to keep records






20. 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.






21. Philosophers in ancient Greece. The name directly translates to 'those who are wise'






22. The elite 10 -000 Persian soldiers that were sent to fight the Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae






23. Long - thin -Athenian ships that were more maneuverable than other ships and greatly helped the Greeks in the Battle of Salamis






24. The king of Persia that built up a huge empire and ruled it from 559 BCE to 530 BCE






25. 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






26. 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






27. 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)






28. 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.






29. A substitute ruler






30. 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






31. 300 years where everything fell apart and was destroyed

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32. A maze






33. (1851 - 1941): British archeologist who unearthed the remains of the Minoan civilization (Knossos) on the island of Crete. - excavated Knossos






34. In ancient Greece - a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it






35. 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






36. Nobles who gained power of Greece in the 700s and provided cavalry for the king's military adventures






37. A huge wall aroundAthens to protect it that was ordered to build by Pericles






38. The governor of an administrative district






39. A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching close together in a rectangular formation. Made up of farmers






40. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields






41. The first great epic that Homer wrote. It was about a prince of Troy kidnapping the wife of the king of Sparta.






42. Plan of gov- in 507 b.c. made freeAthenian born men citizens






43. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them






44. Plan of gov- in 507 b.c. made freeAthenian born men citizens






45. An island east of Sparta that tried to remain neutral but was attacked byAthens and defeated






46. 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.






47. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them






48. The commander of theAthenians during the Ionian revolt that lead to war






49. A monarchy in which the power is passed down from generation to generation






50. A maze