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Ancient Greece Trivia
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1. A maze
labyrinth
The Immortals
Triremes
oligarchy
2. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields
Pericles
Hoplite
Sophists
The Immortals
3. 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
Alcibiades
Aspasia
Battle of Plataea
4. 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
oligarchy
Nike
Pheidippides
Sir Arthur Evans
5. The brother-in-law of Xerxes that was left to die with the rest of the Persians during the Battle of Plataea
Mardonius
Battle of Mycale
Hoplon
Themistocles
6. An administrative district
Mardonius
Miltiades
Satrapy
Battle of Thermopylae
7. Another name for the Delphic Oracle
aristocrats
Pythia
Battle of Mycale
The Delian league
8. The king of Persia that built up a huge empire and ruled it from 559 BCE to 530 BCE
democracy
Battle of Thermopylae
Pheidippides
Cyrus
9. In ancient Greece - a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
Alcibiades
Mardonius
The Peloponnesian League
tyrant
10. A foreign woman who Pericles had a very controversial relationship with
Aspasia
constitution
The Peloponnesian League
oligarchy
11. 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
perioikoi
Battle of Marathon
Leonidas
Mardonius
12. A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching close together in a rectangular formation. Made up of farmers
The Peloponnesian League
phalanx
Isthmus
Triremes
13. A monarchy in which the power is passed down from generation to generation
The Delian league
Melos
Hereditary Monarchy
Cultural Pluralism
14. The brother-in-law of Xerxes that was left to die with the rest of the Persians during the Battle of Plataea
Mardonius
Pheidippides
Bards
metics
15. An island east of Sparta that tried to remain neutral but was attacked byAthens and defeated
The Delian league
Melos
constitution
Cyrus
16. An island east of Sparta that tried to remain neutral but was attacked byAthens and defeated
Leonidas
Melos
The Peloponnesian League
phalanx
17. 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.
Battle of Marathon
Hoplon
metics
tyrant
18. 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.
Battle of Mycale
Hoplon
Regent
The Delian league
19. A Corinthian colony and one of the wealthiest Greek cities that was at war withAthens when they aided Egesta
Syracuse
Pheidippides
oligarchy
rhetoric
20. A monarchy in which the power is passed down from generation to generation
Hereditary Monarchy
Homer
The Delian league
rhetoric
21. A foreign woman who Pericles had a very controversial relationship with
Themistocles
citizen
Homer
Aspasia
22. 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
Aspasia
mercenary
Hoplon
Battle of Marathon
23. An area in the middle east that the Persian empire was built on
tyrant
polis
citizen
Persia
24. People who took part in the gov gathered in agora to carry out public affairs - pass laws - and govern officials
Darius
Alcibiades
polis
citizen
25. In ancient Greece - a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
Pythia
tyrant
Battle of Plataea
Odyssey
26. The people from the island of Melos
Melians
draconian
tyrant
The Long Walls
27. The anti-Delian league that was a league of city-states in the Peloponnesus that fought against the Delian league (Athens).
Themistocles
Nike
The Peloponnesian League
Miltiades
28. Ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)
Homer
perioikoi
Hoplon
Odyssey
29. 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 -
'dark age'
Lliad
Peloponnesus
symposium
30. Another name for the Delphic Oracle
Persia
Satrap
Pythia
Hoplon
31. In Spartan society - these were those residents who were neither helots nor Spartiates. Made of merchants and artisans
labyrinth
perioikoi
Peloponnesus
Satrap
32. 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.
Bards
The Delian league
The Parthenon
Aspasia
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
'dark age'
Battle of Plataea
Melians
Hoplite
34. 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
Triremes
Nike
mercenary
Alcibiades
35. 300 years where everything fell apart and was destroyed
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36. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy
Satrapy
polis
Odyssey
symposium
37. A huge wall aroundAthens to protect it that was ordered to build by Pericles
Alcibiades
The Long Walls
Hubris
Odyssey
38. 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 Long Walls
Syracuse
Battle of Salamis
Leonidas
39. 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
Alcibiades
Hubris
Battle of Salamis
Pythia
40. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
Melos
oligarchy
democracy
Mardonius
41. The people from the island of Melos
Melians
The Parthenon
Bards
Isthmus
42. Ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)
The Long Walls
symposium
polis
Homer
43. Long - thin -Athenian ships that were more maneuverable than other ships and greatly helped the Greeks in the Battle of Salamis
Sophists
phalanx
The Long Walls
Triremes
44. A Greek leader that helped the Greeks greatly by deceiving the Persians during the Battle of Salamis
Lliad
Lliad
oligarchy
Themistocles
45. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae
Leonidas
symposium
constitution
Darius
46. TheAthenian word for victory
Homer
Isthmus
Hoplon
Nike
47. The son of Darius that became king of Persian and lost the second Persian war
The Long Walls
labyrinth
Xerxes
Leonidas
48. When there are many cultures within an empire or kingdom
draconian
Battle of Marathon
Cultural Pluralism
tyrant
49. The king of the Persian empire from 522 to 480 BCE who spit the area into 20 administrative areas
constitution
Pythia
Darius
Lysander
50. 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.
Lliad
Aspasia
Battle of Mycale
Sir Arthur Evans
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