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Ancient Greece Trivia
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1. A Corinthian colony and one of the wealthiest Greek cities that was at war withAthens when they aided Egesta
oligarchy
Syracuse
citizen
tyrant
2. 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 -
symposium
tyrant
Lliad
Battle of Marathon
3. Nobles who gained power of Greece in the 700s and provided cavalry for the king's military adventures
constitution
Peloponnesus
Battle of Marathon
aristocrats
4. Another name for the Delphic Oracle
Battle of Plataea
Peloponnesus
Homer
Pythia
5. A foreign woman who Pericles had a very controversial relationship with
Battle of Salamis
Satrap
democracy
Aspasia
6. A substitute ruler
Regent
perioikoi
tyrant
tyrant
7. An area in the middle east that the Persian empire was built on
Persia
Mardonius
Triremes
Alcibiades
8. Philosophers in ancient Greece. The name directly translates to 'those who are wise'
Sophists
Mardonius
metics
Leonidas
9. (1851 - 1941): British archeologist who unearthed the remains of the Minoan civilization (Knossos) on the island of Crete. - excavated Knossos
Regent
Battle of Plataea
Sir Arthur Evans
Triremes
10. A foreign woman who Pericles had a very controversial relationship with
metics
Pheidippides
Aspasia
Bards
11. Nobles who gained power of Greece in the 700s and provided cavalry for the king's military adventures
aristocrats
tyrant
Lysander
The Delian league
12. A Greek leader that helped the Greeks greatly by deceiving the Persians during the Battle of Salamis
mercenary
Regent
Satrapy
Themistocles
13. 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
Pericles
Peloponnesus
Cultural Pluralism
Battle of Thermopylae
14. The governor of an administrative district
citizen
Sir Arthur Evans
draconian
Satrap
15. A land bridge
phalanx
aristocrats
Sophists
Isthmus
16. An administrative district
oligarchy
Odyssey
Satrapy
labyrinth
17. An island east of Sparta that tried to remain neutral but was attacked byAthens and defeated
Odyssey
phalanx
Melos
polis
18. The king of Persia that built up a huge empire and ruled it from 559 BCE to 530 BCE
Cyrus
The Delian league
Battle of Thermopylae
Odyssey
19. A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching close together in a rectangular formation. Made up of farmers
phalanx
Alcibiades
Lliad
The Parthenon
20. 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
Battle of Marathon
Syracuse
Pheidippides
Homer
21. An island east of Sparta that tried to remain neutral but was attacked byAthens and defeated
Peloponnesus
Themistocles
Melos
The Peloponnesian League
22. People who took part in the gov gathered in agora to carry out public affairs - pass laws - and govern officials
citizen
Aspasia
oligarchy
Triremes
23. The brother-in-law of Xerxes that was left to die with the rest of the Persians during the Battle of Plataea
The Delian league
Satrap
Battle of Mycale
Mardonius
24. Plan of gov- in 507 b.c. made freeAthenian born men citizens
Sir Arthur Evans
constitution
Battle of Marathon
symposium
25. (1851 - 1941): British archeologist who unearthed the remains of the Minoan civilization (Knossos) on the island of Crete. - excavated Knossos
democracy
Sir Arthur Evans
symposium
Themistocles
26. When there are many cultures within an empire or kingdom
Battle of Plataea
Cultural Pluralism
draconian
aristocrats
27. Form of government in which a few wealthy people have the power
oligarchy
Battle of Plataea
Leonidas
Triremes
28. 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
Peloponnesus
Homer
Battle of Salamis
29. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
Bards
Melians
The Parthenon
democracy
30. In ancient Greece - a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
Battle of Plataea
Hoplite
tyrant
polis
31. 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 Mycale
Hoplite
tyrant
Battle of Plataea
32. Philosophers in ancient Greece. The name directly translates to 'those who are wise'
Sophists
Alcibiades
Hereditary Monarchy
Regent
33. 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
Sir Arthur Evans
Battle of Marathon
Lliad
perioikoi
34. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx
Battle of Salamis
Battle of Plataea
Satrap
Hoplon
35. Plan of gov- in 507 b.c. made freeAthenian born men citizens
Melos
Alcibiades
tyrant
constitution
36. Greeks who sang songs to keep records
Odyssey
labyrinth
Bards
Battle of Thermopylae
37. TheAthenian word for victory
draconian
Nike
metics
Battle of Marathon
38. 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.
Battle of Salamis
Lysander
polis
Melians
39. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx
labyrinth
Hoplon
constitution
Syracuse
40. A huge temple forAthena that was very expensive and time consuming for theAthenians. The building of the temple was overseen by Pericles.
Lliad
The Parthenon
Isthmus
Sophists
41. Long - thin -Athenian ships that were more maneuverable than other ships and greatly helped the Greeks in the Battle of Salamis
Aspasia
Syracuse
Battle of Thermopylae
Triremes
42. The elite 10 -000 Persian soldiers that were sent to fight the Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae
The Immortals
Bards
Darius
Satrap
43. The anti-Delian league that was a league of city-states in the Peloponnesus that fought against the Delian league (Athens).
tyrant
The Peloponnesian League
Pericles
perioikoi
44. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae
metics
Nike
The Immortals
Leonidas
45. When there are many cultures within an empire or kingdom
Odyssey
phalanx
Cyrus
Cultural Pluralism
46. A Greek leader that helped the Greeks greatly by deceiving the Persians during the Battle of Salamis
constitution
Themistocles
Miltiades
Hubris
47. 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
symposium
The Parthenon
democracy
48. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields
Mardonius
Hoplite
Isthmus
The Parthenon
49. The commander of theAthenians during the Ionian revolt that lead to war
Xerxes
Miltiades
Hereditary Monarchy
Pythia
50. The people from the island of Melos
Melians
perioikoi
Battle of Thermopylae
Pericles