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Ancient Greece Trivia
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1. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx
The Immortals
Isthmus
Xerxes
Hoplon
2. A monarchy in which the power is passed down from generation to generation
The Peloponnesian League
Aspasia
Hereditary Monarchy
symposium
3. 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
Sophists
Sir Arthur Evans
Cyrus
Pheidippides
4. Public speaking
aristocrats
Alcibiades
rhetoric
metics
5. A person hired to fight for another country than their own (Persian war during dark age)
Alcibiades
Lysander
mercenary
democracy
6. A Greek leader that helped the Greeks greatly by deceiving the Persians during the Battle of Salamis
Xerxes
Themistocles
phalanx
Battle of Thermopylae
7. The people from the island of Melos
Hereditary Monarchy
Aspasia
Pericles
Melians
8. Plan of gov- in 507 b.c. made freeAthenian born men citizens
'dark age'
The Immortals
labyrinth
constitution
9. The brother-in-law of Xerxes that was left to die with the rest of the Persians during the Battle of Plataea
constitution
The Delian league
Melos
Mardonius
10. The commander of theAthenians during the Ionian revolt that lead to war
Alcibiades
Melos
Miltiades
Battle of Plataea
11. A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching close together in a rectangular formation. Made up of farmers
phalanx
mercenary
Cultural Pluralism
Lliad
12. 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.
polis
Syracuse
citizen
The Delian league
13. 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
Sophists
Lysander
Aspasia
Darius
14. In Spartan society - these were those residents who were neither helots nor Spartiates. Made of merchants and artisans
perioikoi
Aspasia
Hereditary Monarchy
Battle of Salamis
15. The brother-in-law of Xerxes that was left to die with the rest of the Persians during the Battle of Plataea
symposium
Mardonius
Battle of Marathon
Alcibiades
16. The people from the island of Melos
Melians
Xerxes
phalanx
aristocrats
17. 300 years where everything fell apart and was destroyed
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18. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields
labyrinth
Hoplite
symposium
perioikoi
19. The son of Darius that became king of Persian and lost the second Persian war
Satrapy
Xerxes
symposium
Isthmus
20. 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
citizen
symposium
Alcibiades
draconian
21. 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.
mercenary
Lliad
Leonidas
polis
22. A huge temple forAthena that was very expensive and time consuming for theAthenians. The building of the temple was overseen by Pericles.
Sophists
Regent
Isthmus
The Parthenon
23. The governor of an administrative district
Themistocles
Satrap
Pythia
The Peloponnesian League
24. 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)
The Delian league
Battle of Salamis
Hereditary Monarchy
Xerxes
25. 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
draconian
oligarchy
Battle of Salamis
Pericles
26. The Greek word for excessive pride
Hubris
Regent
Satrapy
Pythia
27. A huge wall aroundAthens to protect it that was ordered to build by Pericles
Persia
Darius
Cyrus
The Long Walls
28. The king of the Persian empire from 522 to 480 BCE who spit the area into 20 administrative areas
Darius
The Immortals
Leonidas
Hubris
29. The anti-Delian league that was a league of city-states in the Peloponnesus that fought against the Delian league (Athens).
perioikoi
phalanx
The Peloponnesian League
metics
30. The king of Persia that built up a huge empire and ruled it from 559 BCE to 530 BCE
perioikoi
symposium
Cyrus
The Peloponnesian League
31. Form of government in which a few wealthy people have the power
metics
oligarchy
Nike
Lliad
32. Of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws
draconian
Odyssey
Isthmus
rhetoric
33. A maze
Darius
Persia
labyrinth
Hubris
34. An area in the middle east that the Persian empire was built on
The Parthenon
Themistocles
Melos
Persia
35. Ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)
Homer
The Delian league
Hereditary Monarchy
labyrinth
36. When there are many cultures within an empire or kingdom
Alcibiades
Aspasia
Cultural Pluralism
Leonidas
37. In ancient Greece - a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
Hereditary Monarchy
tyrant
The Delian league
citizen
38. 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
The Delian league
aristocrats
Battle of Plataea
Sir Arthur Evans
39. 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)
Aspasia
Satrapy
Battle of Salamis
Pheidippides
40. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields
Triremes
Hoplite
Pythia
Melians
41. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy
Cyrus
Odyssey
Hoplite
oligarchy
42. The elite 10 -000 Persian soldiers that were sent to fight the Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae
The Immortals
Hoplite
Satrap
symposium
43. An island east of Sparta that tried to remain neutral but was attacked byAthens and defeated
Melos
Satrapy
Persia
The Peloponnesian League
44. Form of government in which a few wealthy people have the power
oligarchy
The Peloponnesian League
symposium
Pericles
45. The king of the Persian empire from 522 to 480 BCE who spit the area into 20 administrative areas
Battle of Thermopylae
Darius
Hoplon
Melos
46. People who took part in the gov gathered in agora to carry out public affairs - pass laws - and govern officials
perioikoi
citizen
Odyssey
Battle of Plataea
47. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy
Odyssey
Mardonius
The Immortals
Miltiades
48. 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
democracy
Battle of Thermopylae
Battle of Marathon
Leonidas
49. When there are many cultures within an empire or kingdom
Hoplite
metics
Satrap
Cultural Pluralism
50. 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 -
draconian
symposium
The Parthenon
rhetoric