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Ancient Greece Trivia
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1. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx
Satrap
Hoplon
Battle of Marathon
Pythia
2. The people from the island of Melos
Melians
Cyrus
Hereditary Monarchy
'dark age'
3. The Greek word for excessive pride
Pythia
Hubris
Odyssey
The Immortals
4. 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.
Sir Arthur Evans
Melians
The Immortals
polis
5. 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 Delian league
rhetoric
aristocrats
Lysander
6. Another name for the Delphic Oracle
Pythia
Battle of Salamis
aristocrats
draconian
7. 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)
Battle of Thermopylae
mercenary
Odyssey
Battle of Salamis
8. A land bridge
Darius
Isthmus
Battle of Thermopylae
Alcibiades
9. Another name for the Delphic Oracle
Satrapy
citizen
Syracuse
Pythia
10. A monarchy in which the power is passed down from generation to generation
Triremes
constitution
Xerxes
Hereditary Monarchy
11. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy
Odyssey
Hubris
Hubris
democracy
12. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx
citizen
Lliad
oligarchy
Hoplon
13. The commander of theAthenians during the Ionian revolt that lead to war
perioikoi
Miltiades
Hoplon
oligarchy
14. 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.
Hubris
symposium
The Parthenon
The Delian league
15. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae
aristocrats
Syracuse
Leonidas
Melos
16. When there are many cultures within an empire or kingdom
Cultural Pluralism
Hoplite
Pythia
Miltiades
17. 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
Bards
The Delian league
Pheidippides
Bards
18. An area in the middle east that the Persian empire was built on
Persia
Melos
Hereditary Monarchy
Miltiades
19. Nobles who gained power of Greece in the 700s and provided cavalry for the king's military adventures
Battle of Plataea
Satrapy
Miltiades
aristocrats
20. The Greek word for excessive pride
draconian
Hubris
The Delian league
The Parthenon
21. Plan of gov- in 507 b.c. made freeAthenian born men citizens
polis
constitution
Persia
Cultural Pluralism
22. A Greek leader that helped the Greeks greatly by deceiving the Persians during the Battle of Salamis
Melians
Themistocles
Battle of Salamis
Cultural Pluralism
23. In ancient Greece - a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
draconian
tyrant
The Delian league
Nike
24. Of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws
draconian
labyrinth
tyrant
Battle of Plataea
25. (1851 - 1941): British archeologist who unearthed the remains of the Minoan civilization (Knossos) on the island of Crete. - excavated Knossos
Sir Arthur Evans
The Delian league
Peloponnesus
Regent
26. The southern peninsula of Greece. Location of Sparta
Peloponnesus
citizen
Battle of Thermopylae
labyrinth
27. 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
Lysander
phalanx
metics
Battle of Mycale
28. Greeks who sang songs to keep records
The Delian league
Isthmus
Hereditary Monarchy
Bards
29. 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
Hubris
Cyrus
Odyssey
30. The people from the island of Melos
labyrinth
aristocrats
Battle of Marathon
Melians
31. Public speaking
draconian
Battle of Thermopylae
rhetoric
mercenary
32. Ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)
Peloponnesus
Melians
democracy
Homer
33. Nobles who gained power of Greece in the 700s and provided cavalry for the king's military adventures
Pericles
Hubris
The Long Walls
aristocrats
34. A person hired to fight for another country than their own (Persian war during dark age)
The Parthenon
mercenary
perioikoi
Satrapy
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
Pericles
phalanx
Leonidas
The Parthenon
36. An island east of Sparta that tried to remain neutral but was attacked byAthens and defeated
Satrap
Homer
Lysander
Melos
37. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
democracy
Battle of Plataea
The Long Walls
The Peloponnesian League
38. The king of Persia that built up a huge empire and ruled it from 559 BCE to 530 BCE
Hoplon
Pythia
Cyrus
Themistocles
39. A substitute ruler
Hoplite
Miltiades
Pythia
Regent
40. Long - thin -Athenian ships that were more maneuverable than other ships and greatly helped the Greeks in the Battle of Salamis
tyrant
Triremes
tyrant
phalanx
41. 300 years where everything fell apart and was destroyed
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42. Of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws
constitution
draconian
'dark age'
Sir Arthur Evans
43. The king of the Persian empire from 522 to 480 BCE who spit the area into 20 administrative areas
Sir Arthur Evans
Miltiades
Darius
Melians
44. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields
labyrinth
Satrap
Hoplon
Hoplite
45. A foreign woman who Pericles had a very controversial relationship with
Aspasia
Melians
Battle of Mycale
Homer
46. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy
Nike
Battle of Marathon
citizen
Odyssey
47. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields
Pericles
oligarchy
Hoplite
The Immortals
48. 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.
polis
Isthmus
Mardonius
tyrant
49. 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.
Battle of Plataea
Syracuse
Satrap
Battle of Mycale
50. Form of government in which a few wealthy people have the power
Peloponnesus
oligarchy
Aspasia
The Long Walls