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Ancient Greece Trivia
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1. A person hired to fight for another country than their own (Persian war during dark age)
'dark age'
Persia
mercenary
constitution
2. A substitute ruler
Regent
The Peloponnesian League
'dark age'
Triremes
3. The commander of theAthenians during the Ionian revolt that lead to war
Miltiades
phalanx
metics
The Immortals
4. The southern peninsula of Greece. Location of Sparta
'dark age'
Bards
labyrinth
Peloponnesus
5. 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.
Hereditary Monarchy
aristocrats
metics
draconian
6. A substitute ruler
polis
Regent
Hoplite
Battle of Marathon
7. Ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)
polis
Isthmus
Persia
Homer
8. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields
draconian
Hoplite
Isthmus
Miltiades
9. 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
Lliad
Miltiades
Battle of Plataea
metics
10. Of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws
Lysander
draconian
tyrant
Leonidas
11. A Greek leader that helped the Greeks greatly by deceiving the Persians during the Battle of Salamis
rhetoric
citizen
Melians
Themistocles
12. The elite 10 -000 Persian soldiers that were sent to fight the Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae
Peloponnesus
Homer
Satrap
The Immortals
13. The king of the Persian empire from 522 to 480 BCE who spit the area into 20 administrative areas
Cyrus
Darius
Peloponnesus
mercenary
14. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
Melians
Satrap
democracy
Bards
15. Nobles who gained power of Greece in the 700s and provided cavalry for the king's military adventures
draconian
phalanx
aristocrats
perioikoi
16. An island east of Sparta that tried to remain neutral but was attacked byAthens and defeated
Lliad
Melos
symposium
Themistocles
17. 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
Lliad
Odyssey
Pericles
The Long Walls
18. A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching close together in a rectangular formation. Made up of farmers
Aspasia
Cyrus
phalanx
Cultural Pluralism
19. Long - thin -Athenian ships that were more maneuverable than other ships and greatly helped the Greeks in the Battle of Salamis
Bards
draconian
Triremes
mercenary
20. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields
Sophists
Hoplite
polis
Persia
21. 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 Thermopylae
The Delian league
The Delian league
metics
22. Philosophers in ancient Greece. The name directly translates to 'those who are wise'
Persia
Sophists
mercenary
democracy
23. TheAthenian word for victory
Nike
perioikoi
tyrant
Cyrus
24. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae
constitution
Nike
Isthmus
Leonidas
25. 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
Satrap
Battle of Thermopylae
Satrapy
Pheidippides
26. The king of the Persian empire from 522 to 480 BCE who spit the area into 20 administrative areas
Battle of Salamis
Alcibiades
Hoplite
Darius
27. A person hired to fight for another country than their own (Persian war during dark age)
Hoplite
aristocrats
mercenary
Pythia
28. A huge temple forAthena that was very expensive and time consuming for theAthenians. The building of the temple was overseen by Pericles.
Satrap
Homer
The Parthenon
Melos
29. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy
The Parthenon
Odyssey
Themistocles
Hoplon
30. An area in the middle east that the Persian empire was built on
'dark age'
Persia
Miltiades
The Immortals
31. A huge wall aroundAthens to protect it that was ordered to build by Pericles
Hereditary Monarchy
The Long Walls
Hoplite
Battle of Plataea
32. 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
Darius
draconian
The Long Walls
33. In Spartan society - these were those residents who were neither helots nor Spartiates. Made of merchants and artisans
polis
Satrapy
Peloponnesus
perioikoi
34. The anti-Delian league that was a league of city-states in the Peloponnesus that fought against the Delian league (Athens).
labyrinth
tyrant
citizen
The Peloponnesian League
35. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae
Mardonius
Battle of Salamis
Leonidas
aristocrats
36. An administrative district
Satrapy
Cyrus
phalanx
Battle of Thermopylae
37. 300 years where everything fell apart and was destroyed
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38. The commander of theAthenians during the Ionian revolt that lead to war
symposium
Pheidippides
draconian
Miltiades
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
labyrinth
Alcibiades
Lysander
Pericles
40. 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
Persia
tyrant
tyrant
41. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx
Odyssey
phalanx
Hoplon
Syracuse
42. A Greek leader that helped the Greeks greatly by deceiving the Persians during the Battle of Salamis
Hubris
Battle of Marathon
Battle of Plataea
Themistocles
43. A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching close together in a rectangular formation. Made up of farmers
Battle of Salamis
phalanx
Pythia
The Parthenon
44. In ancient Greece - a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
Battle of Plataea
Pheidippides
tyrant
Battle of Marathon
45. Ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)
Hereditary Monarchy
Triremes
tyrant
Homer
46. People who took part in the gov gathered in agora to carry out public affairs - pass laws - and govern officials
Leonidas
perioikoi
citizen
Battle of Salamis
47. The elite 10 -000 Persian soldiers that were sent to fight the Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae
The Immortals
Battle of Marathon
democracy
Persia
48. Plan of gov- in 507 b.c. made freeAthenian born men citizens
constitution
Melians
The Long Walls
metics
49. A Corinthian colony and one of the wealthiest Greek cities that was at war withAthens when they aided Egesta
Battle of Marathon
metics
Syracuse
Bards
50. A huge temple forAthena that was very expensive and time consuming for theAthenians. The building of the temple was overseen by Pericles.
The Delian league
Hereditary Monarchy
The Parthenon
Alcibiades