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Ancient Greece Trivia
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1. A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching close together in a rectangular formation. Made up of farmers
phalanx
Odyssey
aristocrats
Battle of Plataea
2. A substitute ruler
Battle of Mycale
Miltiades
Regent
Lysander
3. 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)
Hubris
Battle of Salamis
symposium
Cultural Pluralism
4. The king of the Persian empire from 522 to 480 BCE who spit the area into 20 administrative areas
Aspasia
The Delian league
perioikoi
Darius
5. Form of government in which a few wealthy people have the power
Pericles
democracy
oligarchy
Odyssey
6. The brother-in-law of Xerxes that was left to die with the rest of the Persians during the Battle of Plataea
symposium
Mardonius
Lysander
polis
7. In Spartan society - these were those residents who were neither helots nor Spartiates. Made of merchants and artisans
Battle of Marathon
aristocrats
perioikoi
Pythia
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.
Odyssey
Battle of Mycale
Peloponnesus
Persia
9. Of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws
Hoplite
draconian
Odyssey
constitution
10. A maze
The Delian league
Lliad
labyrinth
draconian
11. 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.
Lliad
Leonidas
metics
Homer
12. 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
Alcibiades
Sir Arthur Evans
Lysander
mercenary
13. The governor of an administrative district
Satrap
Hereditary Monarchy
The Long Walls
Homer
14. 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
Melos
Hubris
Satrap
Battle of Thermopylae
15. Long - thin -Athenian ships that were more maneuverable than other ships and greatly helped the Greeks in the Battle of Salamis
Hoplite
Battle of Thermopylae
Triremes
The Delian league
16. 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.
Darius
Sophists
metics
Hereditary Monarchy
17. The commander of theAthenians during the Ionian revolt that lead to war
Miltiades
Xerxes
The Long Walls
Cyrus
18. A monarchy in which the power is passed down from generation to generation
constitution
Hereditary Monarchy
The Parthenon
Mardonius
19. Nobles who gained power of Greece in the 700s and provided cavalry for the king's military adventures
aristocrats
Alcibiades
Pythia
Aspasia
20. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy
Pythia
polis
symposium
Odyssey
21. A foreign woman who Pericles had a very controversial relationship with
Aspasia
draconian
Leonidas
Melians
22. 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
Pericles
Lysander
Syracuse
'dark age'
23. TheAthenian word for victory
Melos
citizen
Nike
labyrinth
24. The king of the Persian empire from 522 to 480 BCE who spit the area into 20 administrative areas
Peloponnesus
Darius
constitution
Hubris
25. The anti-Delian league that was a league of city-states in the Peloponnesus that fought against the Delian league (Athens).
Darius
The Peloponnesian League
Alcibiades
Isthmus
26. 300 years where everything fell apart and was destroyed
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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)
oligarchy
Miltiades
Pericles
Battle of Salamis
28. People who took part in the gov gathered in agora to carry out public affairs - pass laws - and govern officials
democracy
Xerxes
'dark age'
citizen
29. 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.
Triremes
The Delian league
Darius
Battle of Thermopylae
30. Of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws
draconian
Isthmus
mercenary
aristocrats
31. The anti-Delian league that was a league of city-states in the Peloponnesus that fought against the Delian league (Athens).
The Long Walls
The Peloponnesian League
Cyrus
metics
32. A maze
labyrinth
Sir Arthur Evans
Bards
Battle of Plataea
33. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields
Hoplite
Mardonius
Hoplon
Battle of Plataea
34. An administrative district
Regent
Satrapy
phalanx
rhetoric
35. The Greek word for excessive pride
Battle of Marathon
Battle of Marathon
labyrinth
Hubris
36. A huge temple forAthena that was very expensive and time consuming for theAthenians. The building of the temple was overseen by Pericles.
Battle of Marathon
labyrinth
Satrap
The Parthenon
37. Plan of gov- in 507 b.c. made freeAthenian born men citizens
tyrant
draconian
constitution
aristocrats
38. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
symposium
symposium
democracy
draconian
39. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields
Melos
Aspasia
Miltiades
Hoplite
40. 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.
Syracuse
Melos
polis
aristocrats
41. An administrative district
Satrapy
Battle of Thermopylae
citizen
Miltiades
42. 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.
The Delian league
The Parthenon
Battle of Thermopylae
Melians
43. Nobles who gained power of Greece in the 700s and provided cavalry for the king's military adventures
Triremes
aristocrats
Mardonius
Hubris
44. The people from the island of Melos
Melians
mercenary
Bards
Battle of Plataea
45. The king of Persia that built up a huge empire and ruled it from 559 BCE to 530 BCE
Cyrus
Syracuse
Sir Arthur Evans
Mardonius
46. The southern peninsula of Greece. Location of Sparta
Melos
Peloponnesus
Darius
Pheidippides
47. Ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)
constitution
Homer
Aspasia
Battle of Mycale
48. The son of Darius that became king of Persian and lost the second Persian war
Lliad
Themistocles
Xerxes
Satrap
49. The king of Persia that built up a huge empire and ruled it from 559 BCE to 530 BCE
The Long Walls
Satrapy
Pericles
Cyrus
50. The Greek word for excessive pride
Pythia
Lysander
Hubris
Battle of Salamis