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Ancient Greece Trivia
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1. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae
Satrap
Leonidas
Lysander
Bards
2. A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching close together in a rectangular formation. Made up of farmers
phalanx
draconian
Leonidas
Pericles
3. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae
Leonidas
Lysander
Battle of Mycale
Syracuse
4. 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.
constitution
Pericles
metics
perioikoi
5. When there are many cultures within an empire or kingdom
Cultural Pluralism
Xerxes
Xerxes
Lliad
6. Another name for the Delphic Oracle
Cyrus
rhetoric
Pythia
Sophists
7. The commander of theAthenians during the Ionian revolt that lead to war
Alcibiades
Pericles
aristocrats
Miltiades
8. 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
Battle of Thermopylae
Battle of Marathon
Regent
Pythia
9. 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 Salamis
Alcibiades
Battle of Marathon
democracy
10. The commander of theAthenians during the Ionian revolt that lead to war
mercenary
Cultural Pluralism
constitution
Miltiades
11. Philosophers in ancient Greece. The name directly translates to 'those who are wise'
Alcibiades
Battle of Salamis
Sophists
Isthmus
12. Plan of gov- in 507 b.c. made freeAthenian born men citizens
Melos
'dark age'
Pericles
constitution
13. The governor of an administrative district
Cultural Pluralism
Peloponnesus
Peloponnesus
Satrap
14. A huge wall aroundAthens to protect it that was ordered to build by Pericles
phalanx
Triremes
Alcibiades
The Long Walls
15. The first great epic that Homer wrote. It was about a prince of Troy kidnapping the wife of the king of Sparta.
Triremes
Battle of Marathon
The Immortals
Lliad
16. A huge temple forAthena that was very expensive and time consuming for theAthenians. The building of the temple was overseen by Pericles.
Triremes
polis
Syracuse
The Parthenon
17. An island east of Sparta that tried to remain neutral but was attacked byAthens and defeated
Pheidippides
Melos
Mardonius
Cultural Pluralism
18. The anti-Delian league that was a league of city-states in the Peloponnesus that fought against the Delian league (Athens).
Hoplite
The Peloponnesian League
Cyrus
Odyssey
19. The king of the Persian empire from 522 to 480 BCE who spit the area into 20 administrative areas
polis
tyrant
The Peloponnesian League
Darius
20. When there are many cultures within an empire or kingdom
The Delian league
citizen
Regent
Cultural Pluralism
21. 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.
Odyssey
tyrant
labyrinth
The Delian league
22. Nobles who gained power of Greece in the 700s and provided cavalry for the king's military adventures
Cultural Pluralism
Battle of Thermopylae
rhetoric
aristocrats
23. 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
Satrap
Pericles
Persia
Alcibiades
24. The son of Darius that became king of Persian and lost the second Persian war
Hereditary Monarchy
Battle of Mycale
Sophists
Xerxes
25. Long - thin -Athenian ships that were more maneuverable than other ships and greatly helped the Greeks in the Battle of Salamis
tyrant
Isthmus
Triremes
symposium
26. The people from the island of Melos
perioikoi
Sir Arthur Evans
Melians
'dark age'
27. Form of government in which a few wealthy people have the power
Hereditary Monarchy
polis
Hoplon
oligarchy
28. The governor of an administrative district
Triremes
Hereditary Monarchy
Satrap
Bards
29. 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
The Parthenon
Miltiades
Lysander
Darius
30. A monarchy in which the power is passed down from generation to generation
Regent
Hereditary Monarchy
citizen
Persia
31. 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
Nike
constitution
Pheidippides
Satrapy
32. 300 years where everything fell apart and was destroyed
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33. 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
Xerxes
constitution
Battle of Plataea
Syracuse
34. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields
mercenary
Darius
The Long Walls
Hoplite
35. TheAthenian word for victory
Nike
Lysander
Isthmus
democracy
36. The Greek word for excessive pride
Bards
Hubris
Aspasia
Nike
37. 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.
Hoplite
metics
The Long Walls
Odyssey
38. A foreign woman who Pericles had a very controversial relationship with
Regent
Aspasia
The Peloponnesian League
The Parthenon
39. The brother-in-law of Xerxes that was left to die with the rest of the Persians during the Battle of Plataea
polis
Themistocles
oligarchy
Mardonius
40. 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
metics
citizen
Homer
41. Long - thin -Athenian ships that were more maneuverable than other ships and greatly helped the Greeks in the Battle of Salamis
Hubris
Triremes
Regent
The Parthenon
42. An area in the middle east that the Persian empire was built on
Odyssey
Persia
Themistocles
metics
43. The son of Darius that became king of Persian and lost the second Persian war
Sophists
Hereditary Monarchy
Pythia
Xerxes
44. The elite 10 -000 Persian soldiers that were sent to fight the Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae
phalanx
Satrapy
Melians
The Immortals
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.
constitution
mercenary
polis
Battle of Mycale
46. A land bridge
Isthmus
Persia
The Delian league
Lysander
47. Public speaking
rhetoric
Battle of Marathon
Battle of Marathon
Hubris
48. A foreign woman who Pericles had a very controversial relationship with
Pythia
Darius
Aspasia
Battle of Marathon
49. TheAthenian word for victory
metics
Odyssey
Nike
tyrant
50. 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
Melians
Battle of Plataea
Battle of Thermopylae
Bards